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RADIGUE, ELIANE — Asymptote Versatile
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Asymptote Versatile (1963-64)
This is a live concert recording of the world premiere performed at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Recorded by [...] at Huddersfield Town Hall, on the 26th of November 2023.
Enregistrement du concert da la premire mondiale donne au Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Enregistr par [...] au Huddersfield Town Hall le 26 novembre 2023.
https://rhodridavies.bandcamp.com/album/asymptote-versatile-1963-64
Amgen presents the historic recording of liane Radigue's Asymptote Versatile (196364), widely recognized as the oldest surviving composition by the pioneering French electronic music composer. This monumental work was performed for the very first time at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival on November 26, 2023, marking a truly historic event as Radigue had resolutely refused permission for this work to be presented in concert until now. The legendary composer referred to her 1960s works as propositions sonores, rather than compositions, and this piece is the only one she kept from that formative period. The graphic score comprises logarithmic curves devised from the Fibonacci sequence, superimposed over sheets of additional notation, to be performed as sustained tones by up to four groups of acoustic instrumentalists spanning the full range of the audible spectrum.
Asymptote Versatile sows the seeds of Radigue's exploration of long durational forms, bridging a 50-year gap between the school of composers she met in 1960s New York and her 2011-onwards OCCAM OCEAN series, where she composes for individual instrumentalists. Convened by Rhodri Davies, this exceptional ensemble features many of the OCCAM soloists who have worked closely with Radigue, steeped in the aesthetics and methods of her practice: Xavier Charles (clarinet), Angharad Davies (violin), Rhodri Davies (harp), Julia Eckhardt (viola), Bertrand Gauguet (alto saxophone), Susan Geaney (bass flute), Dominic Lash (double bass), Thierry Madiot (bass trombone), Aonghus McEvoy (guitar), Hannah Miller (French horn), Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola), and Carol Robinson (bass clarinet).
Radigue herself reflected on the work's origins: I was young when I composed the Fibonacci suite. I was in New York at that time During this period of my life I was very interested in mathematics and for this piece I constructed a logarithmic spiral. It is to do with the infinitesimal; the ever-changing, until its destruction in the dance of constant change. [] In one's interpretation, it's important to stay flexible, to avoid rigidity. You can think of the piece as your asymptote but you are free, it is important to remain free.
This is a live concert recording of the world premiere performed at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Recorded by [...] at Huddersfield Town Hall, on the 26th of November 2023.
Enregistrement du concert da la premire mondiale donne au Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Enregistr par [...] au Huddersfield Town Hall le 26 novembre 2023.
https://rhodridavies.bandcamp.com/album/asymptote-versatile-1963-64
Amgen presents the historic recording of liane Radigue's Asymptote Versatile (196364), widely recognized as the oldest surviving composition by the pioneering French electronic music composer. This monumental work was performed for the very first time at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival on November 26, 2023, marking a truly historic event as Radigue had resolutely refused permission for this work to be presented in concert until now. The legendary composer referred to her 1960s works as propositions sonores, rather than compositions, and this piece is the only one she kept from that formative period. The graphic score comprises logarithmic curves devised from the Fibonacci sequence, superimposed over sheets of additional notation, to be performed as sustained tones by up to four groups of acoustic instrumentalists spanning the full range of the audible spectrum.
Asymptote Versatile sows the seeds of Radigue's exploration of long durational forms, bridging a 50-year gap between the school of composers she met in 1960s New York and her 2011-onwards OCCAM OCEAN series, where she composes for individual instrumentalists. Convened by Rhodri Davies, this exceptional ensemble features many of the OCCAM soloists who have worked closely with Radigue, steeped in the aesthetics and methods of her practice: Xavier Charles (clarinet), Angharad Davies (violin), Rhodri Davies (harp), Julia Eckhardt (viola), Bertrand Gauguet (alto saxophone), Susan Geaney (bass flute), Dominic Lash (double bass), Thierry Madiot (bass trombone), Aonghus McEvoy (guitar), Hannah Miller (French horn), Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola), and Carol Robinson (bass clarinet).
Radigue herself reflected on the work's origins: I was young when I composed the Fibonacci suite. I was in New York at that time During this period of my life I was very interested in mathematics and for this piece I constructed a logarithmic spiral. It is to do with the infinitesimal; the ever-changing, until its destruction in the dance of constant change. [] In one's interpretation, it's important to stay flexible, to avoid rigidity. You can think of the piece as your asymptote but you are free, it is important to remain free.