Bit of nostalgia… for one or two percussionists and live electronics performer (2006)
Bit of nostalgia… investigates the ways that objects with which performers interact shape their actions. Various combinations of instrument-types are found in different sectors of the performance space, along with modestly similar graphic score pages. The score similarities require the percussionist(s) reinterpret recurrent visual materials with varying groups of instruments and objects. Another individual interprets the same score using a computer to process recordings of previous rehearsals and/or performances. The percussionist(s) respond to these sounds as well as each other – these interactions bring a sense of self-history into the piece that reflects a broader notion of what constitutes a “work.”
The recording below was included on Volume 26 of the Society of Composers Inc. CD Series. It features Michael Sparrow (percussion) and the composer (live electronics), and was recorded by Stephen F. Lilly.