Fue Sho was commissioned for the 2008 Aurora Festival, Sydney, Australia. It draws on the Japanese musical tradition of Gagaku for its compositional framework, specifically the Manzairaku. Gagaku, and especially Manzairaku display rich timbral qualities, shimmering layers of simultaneously complex and yet simple tones form an ancient yet simultaneously post-modern music.
The Sho provides the harmonic infrastructure for the Manzairaku, and uses a specific scale that reveals several chords. This composition is titled Fue Sho, as the work is written for flute (Fue) but with the aid of the live electronic processing. Fue Sho exhibits rich timbral fields characteristic of the traditional use of the Sho to produce finely nuanced multiphonic progressions.
This work is for Concert flute (in C) and live electronics using Kyma. It is designed for electroacoustic spatialisation in 5.1 surround format.
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The Sho provides the harmonic infrastructure for the Manzairaku, and uses a specific scale that reveals several chords. This composition is titled Fue Sho, as the work is written for flute (Fue) but with the aid of the live electronic processing. Fue Sho exhibits rich timbral fields characteristic of the traditional use of the Sho to produce finely nuanced multiphonic progressions.
This work is for Concert flute (in C) and live electronics using Kyma. It is designed for electroacoustic spatialisation in 5.1 surround format.
Please click the play button below and scroll through the embedded score. You can also enlarge the score once playback has started using the arrow in the top right corner of the score window. Thank you for listening