Lépidoptères (Download) Track listing detail
Lepidoptera
Monty Adkins, Terri Hron
- Year of composition: 2014-15
- Duration: 42:14
- Instrumentation: recorder, system and fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9169032615
Stereo
ISRC CAD501610001
Lepidoptera is a work for recorders and electronics made of five movements, each referring to families of butterflies and moths. The nature and character of the recorder is similar, with its varying tonal colours, and its transformations from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. The consort of recorders used belongs together. They have a broad sound with strong upper partials; there are intimate, almost inexplicable sonic and physical connections between the different instruments. This inspired similar connections and interactions between the recorder(s) and the electronics.
The five movements are families of relationships, with no two performances ever the same as they are reconfigured and retuned anew for each iteration. In Saturniid, the recorder rides the crest of an acousmatic wave, sometimes submerged within the mix and at other points rising momentarily above it. Ephemeroptera delicately counterpoints the solo recorder and its fixed environment. Zygoptera and Anisoptera have an algorithmic mobile that creates a stream of sound files that feed into the larger tributary of sound processing, shaped by multiple envelopes and parameter changes. Lepidoptera combines and morphs these different approaches.
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Lepidoptera was realized in 2014-15 in the studios of the Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM) of the University of Huddersfield (England, UK), at Université de Montréal (Québec) and in Terri Hron’s studio in Montréal. The movements Lepidoptera and Ephemeroptera premiered on January 28, 2015 during the Ultrasons festival at Salle Claude-Champagne in Montréal (Québec).
The project was first initiated during Terri Hron’s residency in the summer of 2014 at the studios of the Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM) of the University of Huddersfield (England, UK). All sounds in the electroacoustic part are derived from recorders between the
Thanks to the Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM) — University of Huddersfield England, UK) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC, Canada) for their financial support. Thanks to Robert Normandeau and Liza Lim. The movement Lepidoptera was awarded an Honorable Mention at the Musica Nova 2014 International Competition of Electroacoustic Music (Prague, Czech Republic).
Preparation
- 2014-06 – 2014-08, Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM) — University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield (England, UK)
Composition
- 2014 – 2015, Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM) — University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield (England, UK)
- 2014 – 2015, Faculté de musique – Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
- 2014 – 2015, Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)
Recording
- 2015-01-26 – 2015-01-29, Will Howie • Music Multimedia Room – Pavillon de musique Elizabeth Wirth – Université McGill, Montréal (Québec)
- 2015-01-26 – 2015-01-29, Will Howie • Z-Axis Studio — McGill University, Montréal (Québec)
Mixing
- 2015-01, Terri Hron; Monty Adkins • Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)
Mastering
- 2015-03, Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Premiere
- February 23, 2016, Terri Hron, recorders; Monty Adkins, diffusion • Lépidoptères — Europe 2016: Monty Adkins / Terri Hron / Hali Santamas, Fuse Art Space, Bradford (England, UK)
About this recording
The present recording of the instrumental part performed by Terri Hron took place on January 26-29, 2015 at McGill University (Will Howie, sound engineer). It was mixed by Terri Hron and Monty Adkins in Terri Hron’s personal studio in Montréal in January 2015, and mastered by Dominique Bassal in Montréal in March 2015.
Lepidoptera, 1: Zygoptera
Monty Adkins, Terri Hron
- Duration: 4:12
- Instrumentation: recorder and system
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9181228079
Stereo
ISRC CAD501610002
- 96 kHz, 24 bits
Lepidoptera, 2: Lepidoptera
Monty Adkins, Terri Hron
- Duration: 8:13
- Instrumentation: recorder, system and fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9181228068
Stereo
ISRC CAD501610003
- 96 kHz, 24 bits
The movement Lepidoptera was awarded an Honorable Mention at the Musica Nova 2014 International Competition of Electroacoustic Music (Prague, Czech Republic).
Premiere
- January 28, 2015, Terri Hron, recorder; Monty Adkins, diffusion • Ultrasons: Carte blanche à Monty Adkins, Salle Claude-Champagne — Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
Awards
Lepidoptera, 3: Saturniid
Monty Adkins, Terri Hron
- Duration: 8:41
- Instrumentation: recorder and fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9181228057
Stereo
ISRC CAD501610004
- 96 kHz, 24 bits
Lepidoptera, 4: Anisoptera
Monty Adkins, Terri Hron
- Duration: 10:09
- Instrumentation: recorder and system
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9181228046
Stereo
ISRC CAD501610005
- 96 kHz, 24 bits
Lepidoptera, 5: Ephemeroptera
Monty Adkins, Terri Hron
- Duration: 10:41
- Instrumentation: recorder and fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9181228035
Stereo
ISRC CAD501610006
- 96 kHz, 24 bits
Premiere
- January 28, 2015, Terri Hron, recorder; Monty Adkins, diffusion • Ultrasons: Carte blanche à Monty Adkins, Salle Claude-Champagne — Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)