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Music for clarinet and live electronics

Author: EEBaum
Date: 2009-11-07 06:39

I'm looking for music for clarinet (or, better yet, bass clarinet) with live electronics... that is, live processing of the clarinet sound of some kind or another. I'm messing around with a contact mic, an amp, and some pedals, so something along those lines would be great, though I'm also open to computer processing.

Solo pieces are great, as are ensemble works, with or without the other members using electronics also.

My big (self-imposed) requirement for these, though, is that there not be a pre-recorded segment (i.e. "tape"). Recorded source sounds are fine, but for various reasons I want to avoid playing along with a recording that has been assembled prior to the performance, regardless of whether the recording was supplied by the composer or made by the performers by the composer's instructions. It would be somewhat acceptable to me if there is a prerecord that is somehow manipulated or randomized live for the performance.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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Re: Music for clarinet and live electronics

Author: Danny Boy
Date: 2009-11-07 09:19

Polymorph by Rolf Gehlhaar

Fantastic piece - hard as you like - and fits your criteria well. It's for solo bass clarinet and tape delay (I did it will electronic delay) with nothing prerecorded.

It's available on the UK iTunes store, I don't know about the US one. The recording is by Peter Jenkin.

The music was hard to track down - it's published by Feedback Studios Verlag.

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Re: Music for clarinet and live electronics

Author: Tom Piercy
Date: 2009-11-07 10:16

Here's a video of my performance of Gilbert Galindo's "Lost in the Caves" for amplified, manipulated solo bass clarinet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdbkHR5yWw

There are no prerecorded sounds. The composer was manipulating/processing the bass clarinet playing/sounds from a laptop computer.

You can reach the composer for more info at http://www.gilbertgalindo.com/

Tom Piercy

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Re: Music for clarinet and live electronics

Author: EEBaum
Date: 2009-11-25 16:23

I've ordered the Gelhaar, looking forward to trying it out. The Galindo looks cool as well, might eventually try to get a copy of that also. I've had problems lately with my laptop creating a delay between input and output, so until I determine what piece of the chain is responsible, I'm holding off on live pieces with computer... there are so many unknowns and unpredictable factors when dealing with computers in live situations that I'm very wary of it. I'd hate to have a QuickTime Update prompt interrupt a live performance. :P

Thanks for the suggestions, and I'm always up for more. I've found a good spot for the mic on my bass clarinet (on the mouthpiece) that actually produces a pretty nice sound, so I'm off to buy some contact cement to attach it to my spare mpc.

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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