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The Tornado Project is the name composers Ricardo Climent and Paul Wilson have given to a new commissioning project. Inspired by the image of winds and wood flying through the air, the project comprises a set of commissioned works for flute, clarinet and computer-generated sound performed by American wind virtuosi Esther Lamneck (clarinet) and Elizabeth McNutt (flute). Four works were composed for this ensemble and premiered at the opening ceremony of the NOVARS research centre at Manchester University in 2007. Subsequently, a fifth composition was created by New York-based composer Robert Rowe, and the complete set of works was performed at New York University in October 2008. Each of the five works presents a different take on the possibilities of the ensemble: primary harmonic and melodic materials, recombinant live sampling, extended instrumental timbres, 1970s rock, and computer-mediated formal structures. The programme will be performed again on Friday 20 March 2009 at 7.30pm at the Sonic Arts Research Centre of Queen’s University Belfast, with a further performance planned for Texas in April. Programme: Robert Rowe, Primary Colours; Eric Lyon, Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Computer; Paul Wilson, Beneath the Surface; Andrew May, Still Angry; Ricardo Climent, Russian Disco. Further information: Iris Mateer, School of Music and Sonic Arts, tel. +44-28-9097 5337 and i.mateer@qub.ac.uk Posted: 15 March 2009
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