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No. 1 has been completed. It started and ended in Hartford CT as part of a class project at the University of Hartford's Hartt School of Music. The result is very encouraging. An audio clip of the outcome can be heard on Myspace where there is a page for this project. Here is the address: http://www.myspace.com/ellisnlf (copy and paste this url into your browser or click the link at the bottom of this page.) Please leave feedback if you feel the impulse to. I respect criticism as well as praise. More info. to come. Lief This conceptual work was conceived by Lief Ellis in the summer of 2003. Since then people have been participating from seven different states as well as interest expressed from other countries such as Poland and Greece. The idea is based loosely on the Diabelli Variations. Antonio Diabelli (1781-1858) submitted his waltz to fifty-one composers asking them to each submit a variation for publication as a collection. The idea is essentially the same except for one important detail. As the theme gets passed from one person to the next it proceeds to get shorter and shorter until the last composer is left with one measure to contend with. All of the peformer/composer contributions are combined by Lief Ellis to create a profound sonic realization of different communities and styles coexisting. Lief Ellis Nothing Lasts Forever No. 1 INCLUDES PERFORMANCES BY THE FOLLOWING Luke Benton (Violin) Lief Ellis (Contrabass) Neil Humphreys (Cello) Christopher Ladd (Electric Guitar) David Macbride (Violin) Andrew Schulze (Just Intonation Synthesizer) Kathryn Swanson (Voice) Karl Warner (Synthesizer) Charlotte Whitman (Cello) Philip Wright (Classical Guitar) |
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