and then I saw
Nagging for
trumpet, percussion computer
2008
Stefan Klaverdal
Computer
part may be sent via e-mail also
About
the piece
The piece
is about the feeling of wonder, when encountering something incomprehensible.
The title (and the label for the last part) is from the book of revelation, the
first part has the label Ò...and there before me
was a door standing open in heaven.Ó
And is thus referring to, perhaps, first bewilderment and later
on wonder and rapture.
In writing
this piece, I wanted to continue on an experiment regarding beats. I wanted to
use repeating (western-type) patterns, but making a piece
very close to the Indian Raga in terms of form and build. However, I also wanted to make a piece
that did not repeat itself. A contradiction it may seem, but using a technique
of expanding and retracting rhythms built on the golden mean, I hope I have
made a piece seemingly repeating, without ever
repeating.
It is maybe
also a piece about nagging. The nagging aspect refers mostly to the technique
talked about above, and also meaning that it might be annoying with repeats
like children going on about stuff they want, but I find it very interesting
that in music, the same rules don't apply. What would normally become nagging,
turns into something else. Stylistically something also happens to the music
when it is repeated. It starts morphing into other unexpected forms.
First performed
in Malmš, march 27th 2008 by Per Ivarsson (trumpet) and Nœria Andorrˆ (perc).
Technical
information:
The
Percussion is made up of one set of bongos, played with sticks. If desired it
can be replaced with two of the smallest tom-toms. The beat on the rim
(indicated in the score) is to sound like wood and may be played on a woodblock
if desired.
To play the
computer part, the patch for MAX/MSP is needed from
the composer.
It is not
self-sufficient, and will need a player through the performance to operate it.
One will
also need a computer capable of running the MAX/MSP
runtime environment.
The patch
is only tested on Apple computers, and will run nicely on a G4 867MHz.
A soundcard
with one in and two out is also needed. It has to be set to very low latency.
Other
equipment:
A PA-system with two smaller speakers (Genelec
1029 or equivalent) to be placed as close to the soloist as possible.
A
microphone for the trumpet connected to the soundcard
A
microphone for the bongos connected to the PA-system