Disfix (2008)

Disfix (2008)
Timothy McCormack

ELISION Ensemble
Richard Haynes | bass clarinet
Tristram Williams | piccolo trumpet
Benjamin Marks | trombone

Artists-in-Residence @ CeReNeM, Huddersfield University 2009-2010

Recorded 26th November 2009, St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2009

Many thanks to Daryl Buckley, Aaron Cassidy, Timothy McCormack and Graham McKenzie

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Music

Tags:

• elision ensemble
• timothy mccormack
• contemporary music
• composition
• richard haynes
• bass clarinet
• tristram williams
• piccolo trumpet
• benjamin marks
• trombone

[trees1]

It is a great hall, I miss those best music experiences I had there.

[SteveTheCart]

You won't get away with this you know, young man!

[perdixification]

@1Lazytrumpeter: check out the other video of Disfix on the elision channel....!!!!

[perdixification]

@Sudharsanbluewaves: check out the other video of Disfix on the elision channel....!!!!

[Sudharsanbluewaves]

Sir with all do respect... Take those nice melodies you say which are like bound to a million rules of harmonization... Anyone can write Music that way just by knowing the rules of harmonization... This is boundary less, completely free yet only limited to human sonic perception of 20hz to 20khz... our minds are evolving... our understanding of Music is evolving... humans are evolving everyday... some don't want to change while others be the change they want to see...

[robertdahm]

@perdixification But surely what can be 'added' will change over time. For my money, we're only just now starting to hear Ferneyhough 'performed' rather than 'battled through' (and I think the new ELISION disc is a real landmark in this regard).

I'm really excited about the prospect of hearing a performance of Disfix in twenty years time, when it's had the opportunity to digest, and performance practices of this music are starting to consolidate.

[robertdahm]

@perdixification Um, okay, but if lazytrumpeter was really interested in knowing more about this, or at least engaging with the problems posed by such music, rather than just discounting the value of it altogether, his/her initial posts would have been very different.

I'd be genuinely interested to know, though, what LT1 thinks is the difference between 'music' and 'sonic experimentation'. And also why LT1 thinks that the latter (if indeed it's different from the former) is of less value.

[perdixification]

@hroche83 i'm looking forward to a day when performances of music of this level of complexity and multilayering are surpassing the scores by doing 'more' than what's on the page, rather than making art out of what the music causes the performer to do. ok, the potential to add more to this music is kind of limited, as there's enough to take care of as it is, however imagine these performers playing something like this from memory, or not having to conduct each other...

[perdixification]

@robertdahm this 'brawl' (which it hasn't become) is considerably more intelligent than others i've encountered on youtube. i felt the need to comment as one lazy trumpeter's initial comment was deserving of further discussion. i appreciated the fact that he posed some questions rather than the usual "this is dumb" or to quote, "I just vomited all over my keyboard".

[hroche83]

I think knowing a few well-known trumpet players who (may or may not) share your rather extraordinarily uninformed views doesn't necessarily mean you're in a position to tell us how 'easily' this kind of music could be written.

I'd say, it's pretty clear the effort, thought and extreme dedication that went into the writing of this music. And I'd say the result is pretty darned special. Not to mention the ultra-cleverness of its performers. Hurrah!