Moto Ripreso
Daryl Runswick |
1) live in Belgrade 2) from the Overlays CD |
Daryl Runswick writes: I'm including two versions of
Moto |
Belgrade 12th May 1996 17'12
London 17th March 1999 14'38
Performer's instructions
Use the three modes above: all free improvisation is forbidden.
Alternate the modes as you wish. Transpose ad lib. (Or not.)
Begin before the backing or during: end before or during.
Let there be many times when the backing plays alone: be silent
for about one third of the time the backing is playing. (Or
not.)
Programme note
Moto Ripreso ('resumed motion', 1995) is the sequel to
Moto
Interrotto (see Concert Index). In
Moto Interrotto the solo part
was largely improvised: in
this piece it is wholly improvised.
The number 3 is central to the structure here, informing every
aspect of the work. The soloist is given three modes: the same
three as are used in Moto Interrotto, and the same as in
the
construction of the backing of this piece. The backing
itself
consists of an enormous 3-part canon with entries 3
minutes
apart. The canon is curious in that it exists not as
musical pitches
but as MIDI data. A complex data-stream was
created, then
applied in canon to three completely different
sound-sources:
the first made with pitched sound, the second
with noise, and
the third with a combination of unpitched and
microtonally-pitched
sounds. All the sounds on the backing are
sampled from a piano
(sometimes prepared), the samples being
extensively treated
electronically.
Recorded live in Belgrade, Serbia, on 12th May 1996:
engineer unknown; and in St Silas the Martyr,
Kentish
Town, London, on 17th March 1999: engineer
Mike Skeet.
Produced by Daryl Runswick.
The composition and both recordings are covered by
copyright.