for Tárogató (or Soprano Saxophone) and multitrack live
electronics (5.1)
Genre: Interactive Music (real time processed
live-electronics)
Duration: ca. 15 min.
Dedicated to
Esther Lamneck
The piece was
commissioned by Prof. Esther Lamneck (NYU), who also
premiered it at the 14th Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival (Gainesville,
FL, US) in April 2005.
The work
recreates in a different context the medieval technique of the Hocket. Being this technique polyphonic, the Tárogató part delivers this “hiccup” technique doubling
itself through the usage of different registers.
Moreover, the
computer makes a Hocket-like response to the Tárogató at certain moments. The effect of this technique
is amplified by the multi-track electronics. Other DSP processes such as
convolution, granular synthesis and phase vocoding reinforce the electronics
throughout the piece. The entire electronic section is computer generated in
real time via MAXMSP, whereby no pre-recorded
materials are used throughout the performance.
The electronics
of the piece were revised in 2006 and again in 2014.
Worldwide
instrumentalists have played the piece either with the Tárogató
or the Soprano Saxophone: besides Ms Lamneck, Nikola
Lutz (Germany), Enzo Filippetti (Italy), Susan
Fancher (USA) and Eduardo Deluca (Argentina).