ALCD 028
Peter Söderberg - lute, guitarr, oud
Erik Peters - live electronics
MUSIC BY John Cage, Steve Reich, Alvin Lucier, James Tenney
ON THE CARPET OF LEAVES ILLUMINATED BY THE MOON
The lute and guitar player Peter Söderberg and composer, musician Erik Peters devote their new CD to four American composers: Alvin Lucier, James Tenney, John Cage and Steve Reich. Already on ALCD004 ( Contemporary Lute, 1991) Söderberg presented lute transcriptions of music by Reich and Cage with a much appreciated result. In this new recording the interpretations take on a dimension of transformation as the compositions are actualized through a virtual electronic environment; the acoustic sound of the string instruments are in different ways in dialogue with and processed by live electronics, creating a lucid contemporization of these influential compositions.
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Alvin Lucier - On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon
Version for oud and pure wave oscillator
James Tenney - Chromatic Canon
Version for lute and live electronics
John Cage - One 7
Version for guitar and live electronics
Steve Reich - Violin Phase
Version for lute and live electronics