the twelfth of november
.program note
Composed for violin and synthesized material, the twelfth of november relies on recorded moments from the premiere performance of my violin duo, "whispering like music down the vibrant string". On the night of the premiere, November 12, 2002, a helicopter passed over the performance space. The vibrations of its engine and rotating blades took over the final, quiet notes of my piece. Instead of fading into the silence I envisioned, the music instead dissolved into muffled noise. Though I was initially annoyed with this "flaw" in the recorded document, I now appreciate the uniqueness of that live performance moment. The work on this program incorporates this helicopter rumble and other performance perfections and mistakes that could only have been captured on November 12, 2002. The violin, improvisatory in nature, interacts directly and indirectly with the harmonic and rhythmic current of the synthesized material; material which itself is a jumbling and reordering of the source work's narrative events.
.listen (6.8 mb)
.history
- April 15, 2007 - 2007 U3 Festival of New Works, Roger Zahab, violin (premiere)
- April 4, 2008 - CMS NE/Mid-Atlantic Super Regional Conference, Leah Givelber, violin
- September 15, 2008 - Music Monday, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Leah Givelber, violin
- September 24, 2008 - CMS National Conference, Leah Givelber, violin
.score
.pdf (632 kb) live performance requires stereo playback
score is provided for reference - email for performance materials