KAFI2
for one performer, recorded orchestral sound, coffee, coffee cups and a contact microphone
In the piece Kafi2 we hear a pre-recorded motif from Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 6 "La Matin", which is transformed into an electronic composition.
The performer attaches a contact microphone to the coffee cup and pours the coffee into the cups.
The contact microphone is here used as a sensor to influence different sound effects. As the performer pours the coffee into the cup, the contact microphone reacts to the flow of coffee and changes the sound of the recorded orchestra. The sound is changed four times with four cups of coffee.
"Kafi2" is one of eight compositions for the Zurich Baroque Orchestra, objects and live electronics as part of the project "Du matin au soir".
The compositions refer to different places of performance: the botanical garden, the swimming pool and the church, as well as to the three times of day - morning, noon and evening.
The eight pieces can be understood as "sound interventions".
They were performed between the movements of Joseph Haydn's three symphonies:
No. 6 'Le Matin', No. 7 'Le Midi' and No. 8 'Le Soir'.
Year of creation
2023
Director
lara stanic
Credits and thanks
Zurich Baroque Orchestra,
Direction and Performance, Monika Bär and Renate Steinmann
Kafi2
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Added on 11 January 2024
KAFI2
for one performer, recorded orchestral sound, coffee, coffee cups and a contact microphone
In the piece Kafi2 we hear a pre-recorded motif from Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 6 "La Matin", which is transformed into an electronic composition.
The performer attaches a contact microphone to the coffee cup and pours the coffee into the cups.
The contact microphone is here used as a sensor to influence different sound effects. As the performer pours the coffee into the cup, the contact microphone reacts to the flow of coffee and changes the sound of the recorded orchestra. The sound is changed four times with four cups of coffee.
"Kafi2" is one of eight compositions for the Zurich Baroque Orchestra, objects and live electronics as part of the project "Du matin au soir".
The compositions refer to different places of performance: the botanical garden, the swimming pool and the church, as well as to the three times of day - morning, noon and evening.
The eight pieces can be understood as "sound interventions".
They were performed between the movements of Joseph Haydn's three symphonies:
No. 6 'Le Matin', No. 7 'Le Midi' and No. 8 'Le Soir'.
Credits and thanks
Zurich Baroque Orchestra,
Direction and Performance, Monika Bär and Renate Steinmann
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