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The Art of the Virtual Rhythmicon

Sonic Circuits XI

Innova | INNOVA 120 | 2006

CD not in catalogue

1. Janek Schaefer: All Bombing is Terrorism 12m00s innova_120-1.1 | 19849 |

Composer: Janek Schaefer

2. Annie Gosfield: A Sideways Glance from an Electric Eye 7m35s innova_120-1.2 | 19850 |

Composer: Annie Gosfield

3. Philip Blackburn: Henry and Mimi at the Y 4m34s innova_120-1.3 | 19851 |

Composer: Philip Blackburn

4. Jeff Feddersen: This Time I Want Them All 5m48s innova_120-1.4 | 19852 |

Composer: Jeff Feddersen

5. Matthew Burtner: Spectral for 0 4m42s innova_120-1.5 | 19853 |

Composer: Matthew Burtner

6. Matthew Burtner: Spectral for 60 4m27s innova_120-1.6 | 19854 |

Composer: Matthew Burtner

7. Viv Corringham: Eggcup, Teapot, Rhythmicon 6m15s innova_120-1.7 | 19855 |

Composer: Viv Corringham

8. Mark Eden: Cremation Science 5m33s innova_120-1.8 | 19856 |

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9. Robert Normandeau: Chorus (2002) 14m00s innova_120-1.9 | 14031 |

Ouverture [Overture]; Judaïsme [Judaism]; Christianisme [Christianity]; Islam [Islam]; Confrontation [War]; Douleur [Pain]; Paix [Peace]

16-track tape

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Commission: Réseaux des arts médiatiques, with support from the CCA

Premiere: July 13, 2002, Festival de musiques sacrées (Fribourg, Switzerland)

To the victims of September 11, 2001

Chorus. Latin word for choir. To sing in chorus, to voice one’s agreement. To chorus.

The music is inspired by the subject of the theatre play Nathan der Weise (“Nathan the Wise”) (1779) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Kamnez, Germany, 1729 — Braunschweig, Germany, 1781), which demonstrates the tolerance ideal of the Age of the Enlightenment. The play—staged by Denis Marleau in Palais des Papes (Avignon, France) in 1997 — is based on the Three Rings parabola, which describes a man who is about to die and has to make a difficult choice: who among his three sons will get the ring inherited from a long family tradition. In order not to have to make this choice, the father decides to have three rings made out of the first, a proof of his love for his sons. “If it is not given to mankind to theoretically know which religion is the true one, everyone has the practical possibility, by his selfless actions toward others, to prove the value of his faith and his aptitude to contribute to the happiness of humanity.”

The sound material used in the work represents the typical sonorities of the three monotheist religions: the shofar of Judaism, the church bells of Christianity and the call for prayer of Islam. To these sounds, I have added the treated voices of two actors, Gregory Hlady and Évelyne Rompré, used in the music of the play Antigone by Sophocles (staged by Brigitte Haentjens at the Théâtre du Trident, Quebec City, in 2002).

December 2004 [v-06]

Chorus was realized in 2002 at the composer’s studio and premiered on July 13, 2002 during the Festival de musiques sacrées (Fribourg, Switzerland). Chorus was commissioned by Réseaux with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Chorus was awarded the First Prize at the 2002 Fribourg International Sacred Music Competition (Switzerland). Chorus was also selected by the 2nd Métamorphoses Biennial Acousmatic Composition Competition (Brussels, Belgium) in 2002 and was recorded in 2003 on the CD Métamorphoses 2002, M&R (MR 2002).

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