Score
Antumbra : for percussion and fixed audio / Melody Eötvös.
Library shelf no. 785.6811/EOT 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
The antumbra (from Latin ante, "before") is the region from which an occluding body appears entirely within the disc of a light source. Most often associated with the sun and moon, an observer in the antumbra region would experience an annular eclipse, in which a bright ring is visible around the eclipsing body. If the observer moves closer to the light source, the apparent size of the occluding body increases until it causes a full umbra.
The three movements (I - Suspended, II - Canon, III - Time) of this composition are a play on this phenomena, where the percussionists part mostly functions as an occluding body and the electronic track drifts and projects around the acoustic percussion like a light source responding to a solid object.
Work Details
Year: 2022
Instrumentation: Vibraphone, glockenspiel, electronics.
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: I. Suspended -- II. Canon -- III. Time.
Commission note: Commissioned by Claire Edwardes.
Performances of this work
26 Jun 2021: at Seymour Nights | Ensemble Offspring - Slipstream [postponed] (The Sound Lounge). Featuring Ensemble Offspring.
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