ERIC KENNETH MALCOLM CLARK’S Rosebud: Deprivation Music No. 10

Program, P.2181
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Identifier
P.2181
Category
New Music
Date
February 18, 2012
Description
On Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Open Space will be presenting Rosebud: Deprivation Music No. 10 at the Church of St. John the Divine (1611 Quadra). This is the second concert in the two-part series Short Series of Long Forms.
The voices of nine local singers will be brought together to mount Eric Kenneth Malcolm Clark’s haunting and texturally rich work Rosebud: Deprivation Music No. 10. This
work, being his 10th composition to carry the Deprivation title, challenges the singers to perform without the use of two of the most important tools for musicians: hearing and sight. Blindfolded singers receive their performance instruction through a recording where as the performers who are able to read the score are deprived of their ability to hear the other performers. By depriving the singers of these tools, Clark creates a situation where magnificent synchronicities and harmonies emerge unexpectedly. As the singers perform, sections are recorded and slowly layered on top of one another enriching the harmonies and thickening the.Rosebud: Deprivation Music No. 10
Church of St John the Divine,
1611 Quadra, Victoria, BC
Eric Kenneth Malcolm Clark
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.