Sonata for 10 pedals

Sonata for 10 pedals
for harp, disklavier and live electronics

music and concept Lucas Wiegerink
electronic design Robert van Heumen
performed by Anneleen Schuitemaker

commissioned by the Gaudeamus Music Week, Darmstädter Ferienkurse and the Ulysses Network
written with financial support from the Performing Arts Fund NL

Recording: Art Gallery KuuB, 13 September 2014

‘Sonata for 10 pedals’ is about machine versus man, about pedals versus strings. The three pedals of the Disklavier and the seven pedals of the harp are central: they are played by the harpist, they are amplified by contact microphones and they serve to control the electronics. The sound of the strings and the pedals is sampled and processed in real-time and pre-recorded samples are triggered. The first part is a game of pedals and in the other two parts seven MIDI files from the Disklavier and related series of the harp are introduced one by one. These three parts that emphasize the mechanical are separated by two interludes in which the focus is on the human.

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