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h.m.anton: “an enrichment of humanity” said one. the work had “a hypnotic almost oniric effect on me” said another. for other listeners, the overall architectural span of the work recalled glenn gould’s “The Idea of North.” the booklet’s back cover reads “for glenn gould and gwendolyn macewen” yet glenn gould is more than a phantom reference here, for what vivie’ vinçent considers to be his most valuable legacy has been furthered and taken to new heights by this artist in this two-cd project. vivie’ vinçent has daringly and confidently imposed her own experiments in microphony upon three of the thirteen works on the programme, shattering conventional hearing and notions of the harpsichord. here is music liberated at last from the confines of this cruel one-dimensional instrument. “… the idea of silence…” for harpsichordist, metal chair, microphones and anæchoïc chamber, is a dur comment on the encroaching disappearance of silence (in its myriad metaphors) in the human world. the recording project “the door in the wall… instrummentS d’illusion?” was begun on january 2, 1998, barbara pentland’s birthday (to whom the discs are dedicated) and also, the first day of the “ice storm” in montréal. here now was a new stillness to be treasured. “… the idea of silence…” pays hommage to that stillness. barbara pentland: “ostinato and dance” • calliope tsoupaki: “common passion” (harpsichord tuned in agricola temperament) • david eagle: “toccare” • j.s. bach & pierre schaeffer: “bilude” (harpsichord and tape) • françois rose: “à perte d’espace” * • bruce mather: “saumur” (harpsichord tuned in quarter tones) • pierre desrochers: “eudoxia” • john beckwith: “on the other hand” (harpsichord tuned in quarter tones) • rodney sharman: “kore” * • simon emmerson: “points of departure” (with live electronics) • wendy prezament: “2 pieces for harpsichord” * • brian cherney: “déploration - in memoriam morton feldman” * • vivienne spiteri: “… the idea of silence…” * these works were recorded in multi-channel set-up. all work of spatialization, electroacoustic orchestration and ‘inner enhancement’ in the disc was conceived and created by vivie’ vinçent, and is absent at source from all, and plays no part in any, of the original notated scores. electrocd.com vivie’ vinçent: the door in the wall… instrumentS d’illusion?: description |
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