Score of Rolf Wallin's Stonewave for solo Percussion. Composer's Notes:The last ...(+)
Score of Rolf Wallin's Stonewave for solo Percussion. Composer's Notes:The last few years I have become increasingly involved in some peculiar mathematical formulas called 'fractals'. These formulas used inthe fast growing field of 'Chaos theory' are relatively simple but they generate fascinating and surprisingly 'organic' patterns when shown graphically on a computer screen or played as music. One should think that such amathematical approach would lead to sterile and 'theoretical' music. The sound world of 'Stonewave' however is not one you would associate with math books. The steady insistent pulse and the use of sequences put squarely upagainst each other or divided by long rests suggest an invisible ritual. A ritual for what? Well then let it be a ritual for the exorcism of some 'evil spirits' which now ride our part of the world under the name ofLiberalism making people the servants of the Market Forces instead of vice versa.'Stonewave' is therefore an incantation as it seems that only divine forces can save European culture from a political system that proclaimsthe Jungle Law as the guiding principle in social and cultural life. Rolf Wallin
Philip Glass scored his work 1 + 1 for one player and amplified table top and a...(+)
Philip Glass scored his work 1 + 1 for one player and amplified table top and as the performer determines the duration of the progressions is written for indeterminate length. It was written soon after his return to New Yorkfollowing a period in Europe studying with Nadia Boulanger and sitarist Ravi Shankar and is one of Glass’s earliest published works..American composer Philip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated influential andprolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music with repetitive structures.’ His operas among them the renowned Einstein On The Beach areperformed across the globe and he has created work for small and large ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his own performing group The Philip Glass Ensemble.
