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Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "Faraway Voices", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/GCUABR, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
Faraway Voices was originally a pair of two electroacoustic voice-like studies created on the Buchla analog system. This remixed version layers the two studies together in a sliding canon. |
Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "Eggs", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/KCGFS0, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
Eggs is a whimsical piece in three short movements, like three eggs with the potential to hatch and get larger. The first movement is very slow and lyrical, the second has staccato scurrying flurries, and the third, echoing the first, is lyrical again, but a bit faster. The tempo... |
Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "Eastern Bagatelles", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/ZXNIAM, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
A. I am sleepless in your eyes’ flames B. Your smile’s enigma of silent music C. Rising from the water’s ashes D. Ironing the waves E. Slipping underwater into a dream of silk F. Gently gliding into fire G. Caught in crevasses illuminated by blue lightning Eastern Bagatelles is i... |
Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "Dangerous Places", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/5EIHRS, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
A. Mysterious Flowers (jasmine, jimson, nightshade) B. Hallucinations C. Venomous Snakes, Scorpions and Tarantulas D. Canyons of Fire E. Glass Cliffs F. Destroying Angels Dangerous Places is inspired by the extraordinary beauty of the wilderness and deserts of the western United... |
Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "Companion of Strange Intimacies", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/CX1OJV, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
Microtonal |
Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "CatJak", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/GZHVZR, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
A sequel to Tala Malika Jak, inspired by Indonesian kecak, uses cat samples and a few birds, dogs and monkeys. |
Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "Caprice in Marava", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/HRFT2Z, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
Caprice in Marava is inspired by Indian music, though the western alto flute is very different, in both timbre and pitch system, from the bamboo Indian bansuri flute. The melody is based on the Indian Raga Marava. The first section is an alap, unmetered slow section, with various... |
Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "Calligraphy of Shadows", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/XYCXAU, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
Calligraphy of Shadows is a flute solo composed for Patricia Spencer as a prelude to her recording of my flute music. The title comes from fragments of the titles of compositions on the CD, including Time’s Graffiti: Lucky Calligraphy, Ombres du Vent and Ombres de la Pluie et de... |
Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "Butterfly Stir Fry", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/RMAPQ3, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
Butterfly Stir Fry is inspired by Chuang Tzu’s awakening from his famous Taoist dream and wondering whether he had dreamed he was a butterfly or whether he is a butterfly dreaming that he is Chuang Tzu. The live erhu (Chinese two-string fiddle) is accompanied by "stir fried" reco... |
Oct 9, 2024 - Lydia Ayers Music Compositions
Ayers, Lydia, 2024, "Burlesque", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/GV0AEC, DataSpace@HKUST, V1
The original version of Burlesque featured words from the first scene of Arthur Schnitzler’s play, La Ronde (1900). On the bank of the Danube, a woman of the street asks a young soldier, “Want to come with me, Angel Face?” Taking care not to slip into the river, and warning him,... |
