[ alessandro anatrini ]

Forbite fantascienze

for contrabassoon and live electronics (2015)

Recording of the live performance at Centquatre, Paris.

Forbite fantascienze is a commission of Acadèmie ManiFeste 2015 held at IRCAM during June/July 2015. The piece it is the result of a tight collaboration with the Ensemble Intercontemporain’s soloist Paul Riveaux, which the piece is dedicated to. The live electronics has been developed during the Acadèmie and it consists of an 8 channels Max patch.

Première Date Tools Playback Duration
Centquatre, Paris 27 June 2015 Max, Sibelius 8.1 8 min.

On the left an excerpt of the score. The live electronics is based on the signal coming from a microphone close to bell of the instrument. The signal is effected and routed in different ways according to cues that are triggered at a specific timing. On the image on the right a detail of the scripting controlling the settings of the cues.