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Performance by Australian Art Orchestra from the CD CROSSED & RECROSSED |
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Digital Audio Album
CROSSED & RECROSSED / by Peter Knight & Australian Art Orchestra.
Library shelf no. CD 3205 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
Drawing inspiration from Diomira, one of the imaginary cities described in Italo Calvino's novella, Invisible Cities, the work sets up a post-minimal logic that refracts and disintegrates as we listen. The instrumentation of the chamber jazz orchestra is expanded with the unexpected additions of turntables, a reel-to-reel tape machine (which replaces the drum kit) and live laptop signal processing. The sounds of acoustic instruments and voices are interwoven with field recordings cut onto vinyl, and are filtered and augmented as Knight plays with our perceptions of what we hear and what we imagine we have heard. Time folds into itself in a very Calvino-esque manner, leaving us with the trace residue of moments half remembered.
Work Details
Year: 2016
Instrumentation: Two Bb trumpets, bass clarinet, bass trombone, female voice, electric violin, electric guitar, cello, double bass, vibraphone, tape machine, laptop (with Ableton Live), turntables.
Duration: 16 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Requires specialist skills in electroacoustic performance
Commission note: Commissioned by Australian Art Orchestra.
First performance: by Australian Art Orchestra at Diomira (The Substation) on 7 Oct 2017
Winner of the: Albert H Maggs Composition Award
Awards & Prizes
Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for/to |
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2017 | Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Instrumental | Finalist | Peter Knight |
2016 | Albert H Maggs Composition Award | First Prize | Peter Knight |
Analysis
Resonate article: 2016 Albert H Maggs Award to Peter Knight by Australian Music Centre
Resonate article: 2017 Art Music Awards finalists: comments by judging panels by Australian Music Centre
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Jazz
Performances of this work
18 Jun 2020: at Peter Knight: Heat & Diomira (Live streaming event (online only)).
7 Oct 2017: at Diomira (The Substation). Featuring Australian Art Orchestra.
9 May 16: Metropolis New Music Festival, Melbourne Recital Centre, Elizabeth Murdoch Hall. Featuring Australian Art Orchestra.
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