St Peter Port 1am
1 sound
Location
Sat on a marina pontoon at 1am in the morning, clutching a portable recorder. This is an experiment. What would the microphones pick up? Just the creaking groans of the pontoons? Or maybe the late-night traffic along the seafront? What about those drunk people happily singing on their way home? Those occasional out-of-place sodium-lit scavenging seagulls?
Music
Written for violins, violas, cellos, either acoustic or synthesised bass, Rhodes piano, and virtual instruments. This piece was performed at St James as part of the Island Sounds concert organised by Lydia Pugh. This was my first experience writing a score incorporating traditional instruments and the electronic ones I’m most familiar with.
