Alexander Schubert: Point Ones, 2012. For augmented conductor and small ensemble

Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, Concert June 2024 in Copenhagen.
Conductor: Rei Munakata

In "Point Ones" the conductor is equipped with motion sensors and through this is able to conduct both the ensemble and the live-electronics. Most of the piece is not realized with traditional conducting but with cue gestures, that mark beginning of new passages - hence the title "Point Ones". The aim is to be able to experience the live-electronics in an embodied way and to create a fully controllable instrument for the conductor. Because of that the piece does not use a click track or other timeline-based fixed approaches.
Above those technical considerations the piece tries to play with the vocabulary of the conductor and the anticipations and traditions connected to those gestures. It is not always predictable what the result of the conductors movement will be.
The piece is part of a sequence of sensor-based works like e.g. "Your Fox's, A Dirty Gold" and "Laplace Tiger", in which different interaction concepts with augmented instruments and performance codes are dealt with.


ATHELAS:
Flute Hélène Navasse, Obo Elizabeth Gibbs, Clarinet Anna Klett, Basson, Signe Haugland, Horn Thorbjørn Gram, Trumpet László Molnár, Trombone Andras Olsen, Percussion Mathias Reumert, Percussion Mathias Friis-Hansen, Piano Kristoffer Hyldig, Electric guitar Allan Sjølin, Harp Maria B. Sørensen, Violin Anne Ngoc Søe, Violin Idinna Lützhøft, Viola Einar Kyvik Bauge, Cello Andrew Power, Double Bass Meherban Gillett, Electronics Àsa Ólafsdóttir.

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