Awake and lift their heads in all their prismatic glories
MATTHEW AZEVEDO, University of Massachusetts, Lowell USA
INGA CHINILINA, Brown University, Providence USA
"Awake and lift their heads in all their prismatic glories" merges the invisible worlds of electromagnetic fields and seismic vibration with the auditory environment of the Boston Public Garden and composed score to create an immersive sound experience structured by the listener’s unique path through the work, evoking the yearly blossoming and renewal of the garden. The contours and
title of the piece have been drawn from Charles W. Stevens’ article "The Boston Public Garden," published in the 1901 edition of New England Magazine, which provides the reader with a tour of the garden and history of the transformation of the “waste land” left when fire destroyed a series of rope walks into “a public
exhibition of horticultural beauty such as can be seen in perhaps no other city of the Union.”
Additional Performers:
John Popham, Cello
T.J. Borden, Cello
