Monday, March 02, 2009

New Version of 'Baobab' for Harpsichord premiered in Lille

A new harpsichord version of my percussion piece Baobab was premiered in Lille, France by the Polish harpsichordist Kasia -Tomczak-Feltrin in late 2008. I only just heard that it had been played as the invitation to attend didn't get to me. Baobab uses African-inspired polyrhythms that shift across each other, making it difficult to play. I believe there will be another performance sometime in the near future, perhaps in London. I'm working on more pieces for harpsichord using electronics and prepared objects as well as eBows to create a continous sustain on the strings.