A GREAT ARTICLE BY MICHEL JEANDIN ABOUT ARTISTS GOING BEYOND THEIR USUAL MATERIALS TO CREATE THEIR WORK. TOWER MUSIC IS PRESENTED IN THE “SOUND” (SONNER) SECTION. IN FRENCH.
https://www.artshebdomedias.com/article/materiaux-et-synesthesie-dans-lart-2/
Watch the Genesis, Structure and Performance Practice behind this epic work. Not just which mallets to use, but everything from their physical placement to why wearing long sleeve shirts & pants are recommended when performing it. Also covered are extended “flumie” techniques, muting, its general aesthetic, and very importantly for a non-pitched instrument, the reason and structure of phrase-repetitions contrasted with free interstitial sections. Link here [the file is too big for this website]: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=KeVw5yACMhk&list=PLD0C9789E4FF261CA&index=7
It’s a companion video to “AN EYE ILLUMINED BY ANOTHER SUN – LIVE IN PA” found at https://josephbertolozzi.com/an-eye-illumined-by-another-sun/
This masterclass took place at Mitch Nur’s 2023 9Way Academia and was filmed by Frederick Noiseux
Joseph Bertolozzi at St. John the Evangelist Church, Beacon NY, September 2024
Here are a couple informal demonstrations: Recessional from my “Suite for a Wedding” and (on the pedals) an excerpt of the hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy,” also shot by Brian Cronin:
“TOWER MUSIC / MUSIQUE DE LA TOUR” (10:52)
COMPLETE your Olympic experience this year with the ACTUAL SOUNDS of the Eiffel Tower. Opening with dramatic sweep and launching into a series of concussive surges that draws one ever further in, a journey is begun. Vigorous and muscular themes emerge trading blows with the underpinning rhythms. The listener is then delivered to a slow central section where a melody is played and then only suggested by cymbal-like hisses (actually fences and panels). When the earlier energetic material returns it’s as an introduction to an even faster section but interspersed with canonic cat-and mouse chases. A huge climax brings the entire opus and a ten-year-long project to a close.
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