Shift, Trip
by Zoë Martlew
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Accompanying Electronics
- Composed
- 2005
- Duration
- 7'
- Publisher
- Schott Music (ED 13760, score with performance CD)
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About this piece
A seven-minute perpetual-motion piece for amplified cello and a pre-recorded soundtrack of guitars, brass and percussion, written in 2005. Martlew premiered it herself at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, playing on stage with dancers of Ballet Black in a choreography by Antonia Franceschi, though the piece is meant to stand alone in concert. In her note the composer cites Boulez's multi-cello Messagesquisse and John Scofield's funk number Protocol as starting points. The cellist covers a range of five and a half octaves and must stay locked to a backing track whose rhythmic patterns shift unpredictably; the setup needs amplification and playback of the track supplied with the edition.
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