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Ross Harris  

At the Edge of Silence

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 2003
quintet for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano

Michael Norris  

blindsight

Duration: 11' 00" Year: 2008
for mixed chamber quintet

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    flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
  • Programme Note

    Human beings have a fragile relationship with reality: our beliefs are formed from a disordered stream of sensory impressions that flood our synapses. Although our brain is normally very good at packaging this into something that can get us through the day, certain pathological circumstances reveal the tenuous nature of reality. Blindsight is a condition in which a patient cannot “see” visual stimuli, and yet their body instinctively senses and reacts to them. This suggested a musical image: the two winds recite simple chordal gestures, which the strings reflect through a distorting mirror — “sensing” without “seeing”. The piano acts as an intensifying agent, sending flurrying signals down tangled pathways, and releasing static charges through the system.

    blindsight was written for the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Vienna, as part of the Sammlung Essl Music Series 2009.

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John Psathas  

Stream 3.3

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 1998
for percussion, piano, bass, guitar, e-bow guitar with samples and sequencing

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