The Sound of Heaven and Earth 29 January 2005
David Grubbs
Eight Clouds in the Shape of US Presidents
David Grubbs was commissioned to make a new 'aural' score for The Sound of Heaven and Earth.
Performance recording: Eight Clouds in the Shape of US Presidents by David Grubbs
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"Camoufleur" is a term of derision coined by the abstract artist Ad Reinhardt. It was his name for an artist who gives a programmatic title to an abstract work. Barnett Newman, having entitled a series of paintings Stations of the Cross, was a camoufleur. Eight Clouds in the Shape of US Presidents is a work of camouflage. That is, unless you sense its abstract composition and programmatic title to be glaring at one another, irreconcilable. A mis-titling that opens a chasm of meaning. The wrong caption. Where do I get off calling it an abstract composition? For the audience, perhaps it is. But not for the six musicians who are listening to me whisper.
David Grubbs
Download individual scores created by David Grubbs for each instrument. Musicians listened to scores consisting of spoken word instructions via a CD player and headphones, resulting in intentionally long pauses in some of the scores.
Bass Saxophone Score - Download MP3 11.07MBCello Score - Download MP3 11.08MBDouble Bass Score - Download MP3 13.33M3Electronics Score - Download MP3 11.08MBFlute/Electronics Score - Download MP3 11.11MBHarp Score - Download MP3 11.09MBScores by David Grubbs
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Instrumentation included: Bass by John Edwards, Bass Saxophone by Tony Bevan, Electronics by Andrew Morgan, Electronics and Flutes by David Toop, Harp by Rhodri Davies and Cello by Neil Heyde. The ensemble was put together by Andrew Morgan.
Produced in collaboration with Tate Modern, the Goethe Institute London and the London Consortium.
Composers Luc Ferrari, Kaffe Matthews, David Grubbs, Achim Wollscheid, Eric Roth and Olias Nil.
Biography
Also read / view
Luc FerrariThe Sound of Heaven and Earth: Tautologos III
Kaffe MatthewsThe Sound of Heaven and Earth: No One Here but Us Chickens
Achim WollscheidThe Sound of Heaven and Earth: Replika
Olias NilThe Sound of Heaven and Earth: The Sixth Sick Sheik's Sixth Sheep (sic)
Eric RothThe Sound of Heaven and Earth: Secret Cheese