Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.21.1806011307460.29462@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Narragansett Clarinet (for Matt Lavelle)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 13:14:40 -0400 (EDT)
Narragansett Clarinet (for Matt Lavelle) http://www.alansondheim.org/out08.jpg https://youtu.be/fR90cC47Ims http://www.alansondheim.org/out11.jpg playing at the cliff edge, Beavertail State Park, Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay. I've been doing a series of pieces with flute, shakuhachi, and recorders in wind and rain and storm for the past few years; this is a dry run. there were sunbathers below on a very cloudy day. I don't have Matt's skill, but I love the way sound does or doesn't carry in the open air, the way the body and body music interact with the world. a very short piece - too many people around the path! clarinet x, Narragansett x, plein air improvisation x when there's wind and rain, it's more difficult to play of course; the force of the air interferes with the internal resonant frequences of the sound column. etc. but it locks one into the world in a very different way than playing indoors.