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A dusky lullaby for Zoe : for flute and live electronics

by Ron Nagorcka (2006)

dusky lullaby for Zoe

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A dusky lullaby for Zoe : for flute and live electronics / Ron Nagorcka

Library shelf no. 785.46612/NAG 5 [Available for loan]

Work Overview

This piece celebrates the birth of the composer's first grandchild. It features the plaintive calls of the Dusky Robin - a bird that occurs only in Tasmania. The other electronic sounds are also all derived from these calls, and then arranged in a scale that uses 30 tones in the octave (compared to the usual 12).

Work Details

Year: 2006

Instrumentation: Flute, 5 octave midi keyboard controlling a computer.

Duration: 6 min.

Difficulty: Medium — Student.

Dedication note: This piece celebrates the birth of the composer's first grandchild Zoe Nagorcka, on December 6, 2006.

The electronic sounds are all derived from the calls of the Dusky Robin.

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Performances of this work

23 Apr 07: Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA. Featuring Ron Nagorcka, Larry Polansky.

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