Flow, For Mixed Ensemble (2019–2020)

Title: Flow, For Mixed Ensemble (2019–2020)
Author: Alexander Blank
TOR: Video Series | Composer-Performer Orchestration Research Ensemble (CORE)
Course: McGill University, Round 1, MUGS 675D1/D2-001 Composer-Performer Orchestration Research Ensemble
Source URL: https://youtu.be/pM52qAWmI5Q

Program Notes:

Flow is the product of an aesthetic preoccupation towards the domain of quiet sounds. It is a series of concurrent streams which move independently, each operating as a filter through which we hear a slowly changing meta-timbre.

Acknowledgements:

Special thanks go to the Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) project, Stephen McAdams, Guillaume Bourgogne, and the musicians who provided essential feedback and collaboration during the experimentation and creation phases of this project: Jeanne Côté, violin; Martin Daigle, percussion; Ryan Cass, trombone; Elia Foster, bass clarinet.

Ensemble recorded in this World Premiere:

• Jeanne Côté, violin

• Martin Daigle, percussion

• Éric Bourgeois, trombone

• Matias Perinetti-Paniagua, bass clarinet

• Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor