Gravity’s Stillness. Resonance #6
Paul Dolden
Programme notes
The work is based on fairy simple melodic and harmonic ideas. The interest for me in this type of work is to use the recording studio to create a series of distinct sound worlds, or orchestrations, based on these melodic and harmonic ideas. The tape becomes the catalyst for creating the changes in mood and tone. The live soloist repeatedly states the melodic ideas in a simple to very virtuosic manner.
Recorded musicians:
François Houle
Allen Thorpe
David Owen
Kathryn Cernauskas
Nancy Ruffer
Peter Hannan
John Korsrud
Brenda Chatman
Brad Muirhead
Ian McIntosh
Grace Yaginuma
Mark Campbell
Rob Maynard
Dylan Van der Schyff
Nick Apivor
Paul Dolden
Voices
sopranos
altos
tenors
basses
Gravity’s Stillness. Resonance #6 was realized in 1996 at the composer’s studio and premiered by Julie-Anne Derome on June 11, 1999 during a concert of the Trio Fibonacci at Salle Tudor in Montréal. The piece was commissioned by violist Rivka Golani with support from the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA).
Premiere
- June 11, 1999, Julie-Anne Derome, violin • Concert, Salle Tudor — Ogilvy, Montréal (Québec)
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: 1996
- Duration: 14:36
- Instrumentation: violin (or viola) and stereo fixed medium
- Commission: Rivka Golani, with support from the CCA
- ISRC: CAD500316680
