Cable Bay
Andrew Lewis
Programme notes
To Francis Dhomont
“A very still late-summer evening. Lengthening shadows from the high ground at either side of the bay dapple the rock pools and swirling inlets, so that whatever is not bathed in sunset colours is retreating into gloom. A couple sit at one end of the beach
This was the setting in which the original sea recordings for Cable Bay were made, and although it was always intended to be something of a portrait of the place, I found that during work on the piece my approach to the recorded sounds was much more heavily influenced by my memories of that evening than I had expected
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Cable Bay was realized in April 1999 in the studios of the Institut international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges (IMEB, France), with preparatory work undertaken in 1998 in the studios of Bangor University (Wales, UK) and premiered on May 29, 1999 as part of Synthèse, the Festival international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges (France). The piece was commissioned by the IMEB. Cable Bay was awarded the 1st prize at the Concurso Internacional ART’S XXI (Valencia, Spain, 2001).
Premiere
- May 29, 1999, Synthèse 1999
: Concert, Bourges (Cher, France)
- Composer(s): Andrew Lewis
- Year of composition: 1998-99
- Cycle: Four Anglesey Beaches
- Duration: 10:04
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: IMEB
- ISRC: CAD500722660
