GdT Contraintes, Musique et Interaction

Musical extracts

Here you can listen to some extracts of the musical pieces mentionned to the book.

Chapter 3. Constraints for an Unfolding Time, Georges Bloch and Charlotte Truchet

Une empreinte sonore de la Fondation Beyeler

by Georges Bloch
for ensemble, created in 2001 in Basel, Switzerland
Performers: Evelyne Alliaume (violin), Sylvie Brucker (clarinet), Philippe Leclerc (saxophone), Jean-Daniel Hégé (double-bass), Olivier Pelegri (percussion)

Extract:
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Chapter 4. Global Constraints in Orchestration, Grégoire Carpentier

Sound examples for the orchestration problem

Target sound, for the example shown on Figure 4.2:
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Example of Figure 4.2:
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Speakings

by Jonathan Harvey
for large orchestra and electronics, created in 2008 in London, England
Performers: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov

Target sound (sung mantra) for the ostinato in Speakings:
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Simulation of the 22 bars, repeating the pattern, with sound samples (see Figure 4.4 in the book, which shows two of these bars):
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Extract from Speakings, during a concert in Glasgow:
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Link to Amazon (an extract can be hearded in streaming): Speakings

 

Chapter 5. Using Gecode to Solve Musical Constraints Problems, Serge Lemouton

Congruences

by Michael Jarrell
for flute, oboe, ensemble and electronics, created in 1989
Performers: Ensemble Intercontemporain, conducted by Peter Eötvös

Extract (beginning of the first movement):
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Elet... fogytiglan

by Marco Stroppa
for fifteen musicians and electronics, created in 1989
Performers: Ensemble Intercontemporain, conducted by Peter Eötvös

Extract (beginning of the fifth movement):
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Etude n°8

by Serge Lemouton

Extract corresponding to the all interval chords example, shown on Figure 5.10, p. 131:
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Extract corresponding to the interpolation example, shown on Figure 5.14, p. 135:
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Chapter 7. From Rhythm Rules to Music Rules, Örjan Sandred

Amanzule Voices

by Örjan Sandred
for cello and live electronics, created on November 22, 1998 in Espace de projection at IRCAM, Paris.
Performer: Isabelle Veyrier (cello)

Extract from the final rehearsal (first 3'30 of the piece):
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Link to Amazon (an extract can be hearded in streaming): Amanzule Voices

Whirl of Leaves

by Örjan Sandred
for flute and harp, created on January 30, 2009 at the UltraSchall Festival in Berlin, Germany.
Performers: Camilla Hoitenga (flute) and Héloïse Dautry (harp)

Link to Amazon (an extract can be hearded in streaming): Whirl of Leaves

 

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