Listening Room
Recordings of works performed, recorded and in some cases premiered by counter)induction.
And I have Touched the Sky by Kyle Bartlett
This piece is a set of variations for solo viola. No electronics or processing were used. The fantastic technicolor performance is by Jessica Meyer.
Quintet l’homme armé by Douglas Boyce
Quintet l’homme armeé takes as its touchstone the eponymous 15th cent. melody. The melody is subjected to a series of transformations so drastic as to render it completely unrecognizable in its new fragmented and atonal context. This transformed melody, however, serves as the source material for the piece in much the same way that the l’homme armé tune did for so many composers of masses from the mid-15 th to the end of the 16th centuries. Indeed, several contrapuntal and isorhythmic techniques occur within the piece, though they are partially or completely effaced by a different set of contrapuntal and textural strategies derived from Lutoslawski and Ligeti. The source tune and the tradition surrounding it serve as organizing principles, but not, in any significant way, as a stylistic framework. Rather, consideration of earlier compositional practice informs current practice, not through a one-to-one mapping, but rather, far more varied and mercurial processes.
102nd & Amsterdam by Douglas Boyce
This work for string trio was written for counter)induction and premiered about c)i’s Critical Distance concert in September, 2005. This recording was was recorded and engineered by Steve Antosca at the Sitar Center for the Arts, Wasington DC, January, 2006, and was made possible by a grant from the George Washington University.
Miranda Cuckson, violin; Jessica Meyer, viola; Sumire Kudo, cello.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
Night Vision by Kyle Bartlett
This work for violin and cello was premiered at c)i’s concert A little Night Music in January, 2005. This recording is the live performance at that concert. The composer’s notes on the work can be read here. [click]
Distillation of the Night by Stratis Minakakis
This work for quintet was premiered at c)i’s concert A little Night Music in January, 2005. This recording is the live performance at that concert. The composer’s notes on the work can be read here. [click]