Concert and lecture given by Ian Blake on Nov. 29, 2007 for the NLA NFF Folk Fellowship collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4279650
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Blake, Ian, performer
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 1 sound file (ca. 51 min.)
- Series:
- NLA NFF Folk Fellowship collection.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Kevin Bradley, Curator of Oral History and Folklore at the NLA, explains the nature of the National Folk Fellowship and the selection process; Ian Blake and his accompanist Jon Jones, provide background on the former's musical background and the topic of his Fellowship study; staff from the NLA and elsewhere are thanked; mentions a dance element integral to his composition which is missing from the concert; the musical element in which he integrates the audio of field recordings, including background noise, into his composition, using sophisticated micro-electronic technology; the importance of voice quality; the sound gradient from childhood to old age; his preference for wind instruments in his composition; the wealth of audio material in the NLA.
Blake discusses the first section of the work, the Italian folk song 'Firefly, Firefly', sung originally by Maria Palu in the 1970s, the original simple melody turned into "lush chromatic setting", voice and instruments are manipulated by computer software; the second section of the work begins with children's games and rhymes, the difficulties of fitting tempi of field recordings into rhythmic composition; in the second section, Maria sings an Italian tongue-twister, treated with a "rhythmic layering of words", combined with a singing game; the third section moves from childhood to memories of childhood, with septuagenarian Keith McCance recalling his schooldays, children discuss the origin of the rhymes, folksinger Simon McDonald sings Old Tremone, his voice run backwards and manipulated electronically. The performance of the work begins: First section; Second section: children's games and rhymes; the Italian tongue-twister; Third section: memories of childhood. Bradley invites questions from the audience. Blake talks about the history of musical inversions and reversals from mediaeval times to the present; final comments.
- Notes:
- Recorded on November 29, 2007 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.
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- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2007
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