Composed by Adrienne Inglis. 20th Century,Classical,Multicultural,World. Individual part. 4 pages. Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP) #814387. Published by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP) (A0.1220221).
Crazy electronically processed flute solo to blow your mind!
Composed in 2023 by Adrienne Inglis, Antarctica for electronically processed solo flute evokes the splendor, mystery, and profound beauty of the earth’s southernmost continent.
Inspired by the composer’s experiences in Antarctica in 2018, the piece begins on a ship crossing the rough waters of the Drake Passage with a fast ⅞ meter tune in Dorian mode enhanced by a growly overdrive audio effect. As the journey continues, the other-worldly distortion and reverb treatment of the 12-tone row honors the magnificent Wandering Albatrosses soaring overhead. Finally able to go ashore, the listener enjoys the amusing Gentoo Penguins waddling around on the rocks, tending to their nests and chicks. The Gentoo Jig in Mixolydian mode uses a lower octave effect for a touch of silliness. Next, in a small inflatable boat out in a quiet cove, the faint crackling of air bubbles popping out of melting glacial ice rises gently from the water’s surface. In a delicate aleatoric rendering of the Drake Passage motif, the staccato flute sounds echo eerily. From the intimacy of tiny pops to the cataclysmic calving of glaciers, the flute shifts to dramatic gestures with extreme looping and echo effects.
Rather than return to familiar continents and sounds, however, the piece leaves the listener on the Antarctic Peninsula to revel in its pristine beauty and contemplate its future. The electronic effects may be produced by use of a pedal board or a computer’s digital audio workstation.
Find Antarctica in the youtube link at 43:31. https://youtube.com/live/KdJgvehug3c.
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Composed by Adrienne Inglis. 20th Century,Classical,Multicultural,World. Individual part. 4 pages. Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP) #814387. Published by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP) (A0.1220221).
Crazy electronically processed flute solo to blow your mind!
Composed in 2023 by Adrienne Inglis, Antarctica for electronically processed solo flute evokes the splendor, mystery, and profound beauty of the earth’s southernmost continent.
Inspired by the composer’s experiences in Antarctica in 2018, the piece begins on a ship crossing the rough waters of the Drake Passage with a fast ⅞ meter tune in Dorian mode enhanced by a growly overdrive audio effect. As the journey continues, the other-worldly distortion and reverb treatment of the 12-tone row honors the magnificent Wandering Albatrosses soaring overhead. Finally able to go ashore, the listener enjoys the amusing Gentoo Penguins waddling around on the rocks, tending to their nests and chicks. The Gentoo Jig in Mixolydian mode uses a lower octave effect for a touch of silliness. Next, in a small inflatable boat out in a quiet cove, the faint crackling of air bubbles popping out of melting glacial ice rises gently from the water’s surface. In a delicate aleatoric rendering of the Drake Passage motif, the staccato flute sounds echo eerily. From the intimacy of tiny pops to the cataclysmic calving of glaciers, the flute shifts to dramatic gestures with extreme looping and echo effects.
Rather than return to familiar continents and sounds, however, the piece leaves the listener on the Antarctic Peninsula to revel in its pristine beauty and contemplate its future. The electronic effects may be produced by use of a pedal board or a computer’s digital audio workstation.
Find Antarctica in the youtube link at 43:31. https://youtube.com/live/KdJgvehug3c.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
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