This work written for virtuoso Mark Gasser explores the Yamaha Disklavier an electronically enhanced version of a traditional piano that allows the piano to be triggered and performed by a computer in addition to its traditional function as a medium for the pianist. Since Mark seems just as able to push the piano to its limits as my laptop – one of the chief roles it plays in this work is to add extra fingers (fists and forearms) for the ten fingered, two armed human performer.
The work uses the piano as a trigger to generate additional material and textures to the pianist’s performance and the triggering map of the keyboard is altered from section to section. The score is presented on a laptop allowing with a dynamic clicktrack allowing for the precise coordination of the evolving textures.
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