Veils
Paul Dolden
Programme notes
Veils, subtitled Studies in Textural Transformations, is a series of textures or walls of sound which act as an invitation for the listener to explore an environment where new acoustic sensations and associations can be discovered. The texture, a sustained chord of usually 14-56 notes, is constantly transforming by changing the instrument type that is articulating the sound (ie from strings to voice, to brass, to piano, to marimba, to glass, etc). No electronic effects were used and only straight recordings and mixing of acoustic instruments were used. However, the sound source or instrument type at any moment is not usually obvious to the listener, hence the sound sources are ‘veiled.’ This veiled sound is created by three main factors
The recording stages of Veils were realized at the composer’s studio and the premixing and final mastering took place in the Sonic Research Studio of Simon Fraser University (SFU) (Vancouver, BC). The piece premiered on August 19, 1985 at the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC ’85) in Vancouver (BC). The work won 2nd prize in the Electroacoustic category of the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (Bourges, France, 1986)
Premiere
- August 19, 1985, ICMC 1985
: Listening Session 1, Simon Fraser University – Theatre, Burnaby (British Columbia, Canada)
Awards
- Prize, Euphonie d’or, Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition, Bourges (Cher, France)
- 2nd prize, Electroacoustic Music Prize, 14th Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition 1986, Bourges (Cher, France)
- 3rd prize, Concorso internazionale Luigi Russolo di musica elettroacustica 1986, Varèse (Italy)
About this sound recording
This work was reprocessed, remixed and remastered in the composer’s studio in 2001-02.
- Composer(s): Paul Dolden
- Year of composition: 1984-85
- Duration: 28:37
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- ISRC: CAD500320010
Movements
Introduction
- Movement of: Veils
Section A
- Movement of: Veils
Section B
- Movement of: Veils
