video image+audio composition with live performance
12.12min
2008
A composition mixed with traditional notated motives/melodies and graphic notation. The violinist starts by playing the written down melody but then moves into improvisation with his/her personal translation of the graphic notation. After playing for about 1 minute (this time can vary) the musician starts to perform with his/her own projection on a screen in front of him/her, and now, as well as taking guidance from the graphic notation, the musician starts to react on what he/she hears and sees.
Violinist, Marieke Berendsen
To see a video documentation excerpt of the performance please follow this link:
http://hallveiggka.blogspot.com/2008/06/videopreviewsvi.html
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Instructions:
‘projection – reaction’
for violin
Score :
1m-4m
The score is thought of being in 4 movements, and each movement has a dominant note with in it. It should give the colour to the music. It is thought of being as the basis for anything which is done in that movement, but need not be used exclusively.
A1-3, B1-2 & C1-2
The score is divided into 4 major groups, A1-3, B1-2, C1 and C2. The idea is that C2 is to be used both as a source material in itself but should also infiltrate into the other groups. The performer can chose a section from C2 to use in the other 3 groups as she/he wishes, or use it as a guide to other material she/he would like to use.
A1
This section can be repeated, but need not be. If it is repeated then it should not sound the same both times. It is also possible to only repeat 1 or 2 of the 3 lines.
ad libitum…
The idea is that the ‘personality’ of the composer and the performer mix in the performance of this piece. The composer brings the material and then the performer puts her/his own impression on it, her/his own colours so to speak.
Nothing is fixed in the score, anything and everything is open for change from the performer. What is written down is more to give a atmosphere, colour, to what the music is/should be about.
In short, there is in fact a ad libitum over the whole score even though there are some extra notations of it inside the score.
Graphic notation :
The performer can look as wide or as close into the score as he/she wishes, that is, he/she can focus in on some details to use in the performance, chose 4 items/images out from the rest, or read from the whole thing as an inspiration to the music.
When making the notation I did look at it as in 4 movements to be read from left to right, but this is not something that the performer needs to follow as I mentioned here above.
Timeline:
