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Listen "more or less (2007) - realtime composition for computer-controlled soloists"
Episode Synopsis
Performed by Ensemble Intègrales (Barbara Lüneburg: vl, Burkhard Friedrich: sax, Ashley Hribar: pno, Oleg Dziewanowski: perc) and Karlheinz Essl: m@z°2
more or less is an computer-driven realtime composition where the musicians do not reproduce parts of a fixed score. Instead of executing a pre-fabricated text from note sheets, they are viewing computer monitors which display random-generated playing instructions.
During the performance of the piece the musicians can make queries to their computers asking for playing instructions whenever they feel a necessity for it. Furthermore, a random-generated Haiku is created whenever a musician receives a new instruction from the computer. This is a three-liner providing a puzzle which has to be „solved” by the musicians and which will influence the interpretation of the required structure to a great extend. (Karlheinz Essl)
more or less is an computer-driven realtime composition where the musicians do not reproduce parts of a fixed score. Instead of executing a pre-fabricated text from note sheets, they are viewing computer monitors which display random-generated playing instructions.
During the performance of the piece the musicians can make queries to their computers asking for playing instructions whenever they feel a necessity for it. Furthermore, a random-generated Haiku is created whenever a musician receives a new instruction from the computer. This is a three-liner providing a puzzle which has to be „solved” by the musicians and which will influence the interpretation of the required structure to a great extend. (Karlheinz Essl)
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