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Bajanoom

Charles Amirkhanian

  • Year of composition: 1990
  • Duration: 3:00
  • Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
  • Publisher(s): Yul média
  • ISWC: T9247875429

Stereo

ISRC CAD509613010

  • 44,1 kHz, 16 bits

The somber mood of Bajanoom (separation, in Armenian) is a mirror of the composer’s own mood in light of the many nationalist movements, from Montréal (Québec) to Yerevan (Armenia), which have surfaced recently after many years of frustration and bitterness.

Charles Amirkhanian [xi-90]


Gong sounds sampled at the home of Lou Harrison are combined with the sounds of a musical saw, coffee grinder, guitar, and strings, all manipulated with the Synclavier instrument at the studio of Henry Kaiser, and with his assistance in Oakland (California, USA) in July, 1990.


Premiere

  • November 2, 1990, Montréal musiques actuelles / New Music America, Acousmonium: Concert 6: Électro clips, Théâtre Les Loges, Montréal (Québec)

Preparation

Composition

Scores
  • [November 1992]
    Bajanoom (1990, 3:00) by Charles Amirkhanian