Keith HAMEL - "Krishna's Flute" (excerpt)

performed by Robert Aitken, flute, Keith Hamel, electronics

"Krishna's Flute is the fourth in a series of compositions that I have written for solo performer and interactive computer processing. A computer monitors the live flute performance, and using a variety of sound processors, samplers and software synthesizers designed by the composer, it extends the instrument and its sound world in strange (and I hope) wonderful ways. The result is a kind of hyper-flute; a flute that produces sounds that are far beyond the instrument's normal limitations. While some fairly complex technologies are used in the composition, the performer is free to play expressively and sensitively; the technology remains in the background and follows the nuances of the live performance. The Hindu god Krishna played the flute, and he played so beautifully and magically that everyone who heard his music immediately feel in love with him. This image forms the inspiration for my composition -- the work is intended to be sensual, emotional, and evocative. The text fragments used in the composition are taken from translations of ancient Sanskrit love poems. Krishna's Flute was composed between 2000 and 2004. It was commissioned by Robert Cram with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. The computer software designed and developed for this composition was supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council."

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Music

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• AMP
• Hamel
• Contemporary Music
• New Music
• Aitken
• electroacoustics