The Earth Defeats Me

<p dir="ltr">For 2 sustaining instruments and partition concrete.<br><br>This piece was co-composed with French music concrete artist<a href="https://lionelmarchetti.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"> Lionel Marchetti.</a> It is scored for two sustaining instruments and an audio track created by Marchetti, which you can hear on its own <a href="https://lionelmarchetti.bandcamp.com/track/earth-partition-concr-te" target="_blank">here.</a>The work is performed on the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/decibel-scoreplayer/id622591851?mt=8" target="_blank">Decibel ScorePlayer</a> ipad application<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/61ybjpvnc1g61td/The Earth Defeats Me.dsz?dl=0" target="_blank">. </a>The file contains Marchetti's audio file synchronised with the score - you will need to run the audio from the ipad into two bass amps. You can also play the film whilst reading the score - it has the partition concrete embedded in it.<br>All other instructions are in the score. If you need help with how to upload the score into the player, go <a href="http://www.decibelnewmusic.com/decibel-scoreplayer.html" target="_blank">here.</a> This is a partner piece to another piece by Cat Hope/Lionel Marchetti, 'The Last Days of Reality' for bass flute and tam tam, composed in 2018. A digital an hard copy of the score is available from <a href="http://materialpress.com/start.htm" target="_blank">Material Press.</a></p><p dir="ltr">In 2021, Karl Ockelford made a film for this work, which was premiered in live performancer in Malmo, Sweden, in 2024.</p><p dir="ltr">PERFORMANCES</p><p dir="ltr">Premiere:<i> </i><i>Shock of the New, Perth, 2015. Performed by Cat Hope and Lindsay Vickery</i><br><i>TENOR Conference, Anglica Ruskin University, Cambridge UK, July 2016.</i><br><i>Forum Neue Musik in der Christianskirche, Hamburg, Germany, November 2017.</i><br>Feature4d on the 'Last Days of Reality' album on <a href="http://room40.org/" target="_blank">Room 40, </a>2018.</p><p dir="ltr">Malmo, Sweden, December 2024.<br></p>