Spirit of Wood (nr 2)
Tape
Programme notes
This version for tape was designed to be played continuously during the exhibition Spirit of Wood which celebrated the continuity of Malaysian woodcarving as a living art. As the piece is intended for an exhibition of Malaysian woodcarving, the sense of stillness serves both aesthetic and functional purposes. It complements the spacial nature of the woodcarvings as static objects and avoids dramatic peaks that may distract the viewer from the exhibits.
Disambiguation
Opus 45 refers to the 6-minute composition for percussion quartet and pre-recorded tape for concert performance.
Opus 46 refers to the 22-minute pre-recorded composition for background playback.
Full score
see page 46 of the publication
Recording
see page 80 of the black cover logbook #2
‘The Makara’, a mythological sea monster central to the cosmology of Pattani and Kelantan, Malaysia (Reproduced with permission of the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore)
Duration:
21' 44"
Composed In:
2003
Dedicated to:
Parts:
For CD Kreisleriana (track 9), please email <rc@robertcasteels.com>
First performance:
04.11.03 Special Exhibition Gallery, Asian Civilisation Museum, Empress Place (Singapore)
First performed by:
Commissioned by:
Asian Civilisation Museum, Empress Place (Singapore)
(Published without ISBN or ISMN)