BlowUp II
Åke Parmerud
Programme notes
The work, which is composed solely with the note
The original version was realized for 20 channels. The spatial adaptation was realized by Hervé Desjardin who also proposed the concept of making a piece only using one note.
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BlowUp II was realized in 2019-20 at the composer’s studio in Gothenburg (Sweden) and the multichannel and binaural mixes were realized in June 2020 with Hervé Desjardin in a temporary studio designed by him in the house of the Orchestre national de Lille (ONL) in Lille (France). The piece premiered on June 12, 2020 during the online festival Lille Piano(s) Digital 2020. The piece was commissioned by the Orchestre national de Lille (ONL) in 2019 for the online festival of piano music Lille Piano(s) Digital 2020.
Premiere
- June 12, 2020, Binaural version for online listening
: Lille Piano(s) Digital 2020: Événements en ligne - September 6, 2020, Concert premiere
: Festival Son MiRé 2020: Concert électroacoustique: quatre compositeurs européens, Outdoor – Salle polyvalente, Fabrezan (Aude, France)
- Composer(s): Åke Parmerud
- Year of composition: 2019-20
- Duration: 7:18
- Instrumentation: 20-channel fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Orchestre national de Lille (ONL)
- ISRC: CAD502510022
