Voicing the Dawn
At the invitation of conductor Jeffrey Skidmore I composed a piece using birdsong at dawn. His choir, Ex Cathedra, performed this piece in Hereford and Birmingham Cathedrals. The composition can be adapted to other complex spaces as well.
Voicing the Dawn is a soundscape composed from recordings made at two related locations at dawn at the cusp of winter and spring earlier this year. The birds were recorded from about 5-7am and the material recomposed into a dawn miniature in the form of a soundscape (heard through the speakers) composed in the studio. A recomposing of the live bird music resulted in a selection of six common birds and song-bursts associated with earliest spring dawn choruses and following the typical order in which they are heard. Using the soundscape to give an idea of the real thing, the same songs were notated for the choir to sing as an ensemble of solo voices.
Voicing the Dawn is for human resonances to share the avian sound-world.
"The intense listening sessions to birdsong and field recordings made me aware of a different sense of time that birds should have. It feels like a different resolution. The polyphonic voicing techniques of a Robin are truly magic."
--Ruben Nachtergaele about his contribution to Voicing the Dawn
Voicing The Dawn Score and Sound (.pages) and Voicing The Dawn Score (.pdf)
If you would like to book or perform Voicing the Dawn please contact Andrew Logan
Voicing the Dawn is a soundscape composed from recordings made at two related locations at dawn at the cusp of winter and spring earlier this year. The birds were recorded from about 5-7am and the material recomposed into a dawn miniature in the form of a soundscape (heard through the speakers) composed in the studio. A recomposing of the live bird music resulted in a selection of six common birds and song-bursts associated with earliest spring dawn choruses and following the typical order in which they are heard. Using the soundscape to give an idea of the real thing, the same songs were notated for the choir to sing as an ensemble of solo voices.
Voicing the Dawn is for human resonances to share the avian sound-world.
"The intense listening sessions to birdsong and field recordings made me aware of a different sense of time that birds should have. It feels like a different resolution. The polyphonic voicing techniques of a Robin are truly magic."
--Ruben Nachtergaele about his contribution to Voicing the Dawn
Voicing The Dawn Score and Sound (.pages) and Voicing The Dawn Score (.pdf)
If you would like to book or perform Voicing the Dawn please contact Andrew Logan