Levels of Affection
for 12 players and improvising soloist 2022
INSTRUMENTATION
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Piccolo (doubling flute)
Clarinet in Bb
Oboe
Trumpet in Bb
Trombone (improvising soloist)
Keyboards 1.
1 Full length keyboard. 1. small midid control pad/2nd keyboard. Reaper (DAW) session. 2 outputs Left and Right into amps. Modular foot pedal for dynamics expression.
Keyboards 2.
Piano and melodica
3 Violins
Cello
Double Bass.
Performance
The keyboard trigger electronics part should be specialised in stereo and be fully integrated and very present part of the sonic experience.
The brass synth sounds at the beginning should be especially “to the fore”. The strings here should sit just underneath the synth - kind of like a Quincy Jones pop synth n strings kind of a sound.
String playing should mainly be without vibrato. It should be inßuence by various traditions of ÒfolkÓ Þddle playing. In many places it should be constantly be playing with distorted and rougher sounds.
Duration: 10 minutes
Levels of Affection
(draft 17 April 2022)
Alex Paxton (2022)
Piccolo
Oboe
Clarinet in Bb
Trumpet in Bb (Harmon mute, metal straightmute)
Trombone