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AGP156
continues our series of US electronic music with works by the composers
John Melby and James Tenney, collected from three LPs on the CRI label
(SD 528, 310, and 364). The works by Melby all involve
computer-synthesized tape set against live performers. In his Concerto
for Violin, English Horn, and Computer-Synthesized Tape, the electronic
and instrumental sounds at the beginning sound to my ear altogether
unrelated to each other and grow gradually more integrated over the
course of the concerto. In 91 plus 5, by contrast, the timbres of the
brass quintet fit the electronic sounds more naturally throughout.
Saxony by James Tenney is for saxophone played into a tape-delay system
such as Pauline Oliveros used for I of IV in AGP58. The choice of
melodies by the saxophone is largely open-ended, but should be
restricted to the first 32 harmonic partials of a low E-flat. The upper
16 of those comprise a division of one octave into 16 unequal
intervals. My heart goes out to the saxophonist David Mott for having
managed that. To download
AGP156 files, right-click on each of the following links and select
SAVE
LINK AS. 66 - James Tenney, Saxony [23:45] 67 - John Melby, Concerto for
Violin, English Horn, and Tape [21:01] 68 - John Melby, 91 Plus 5 for
Brass Quintet and Computer [20:22] 69 - John Melby, Two
Stevens Songs for Soprano and Tape [9:20] |
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