related works
Analog Intelligence : for orchestra / Brendan Faegre
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 4perc pf str
Symphony in D : 1994 - '95 / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trp timp str(8-12.6-10.4-8.4-6.2-4.)
Symphony : Golden dragon, for orchestra, 2001 / Edward Top
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4431 timp 3perc hp pf(cel) str(14.12.10.8.6.)
Festa seria : per orchestra, 1980 / Nico Schuyt
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp 4perc hp pf str
composition
Analog Intelligence : for orchestra / Brendan Faegre
Other authors:
Faegre, Brendan
(Composer)
Description:
Analog Intelligence was originally written for my violin/drum-kit/electronics trio ‘Bow Hammer Connection’. It was a 21st Century Dance Suite, exploring five Electronic Dance Music genres: Dubstep, IDM, Ambient, Acid House, and Drum 'n' Bass. Although we may think of these styles as unrelated to the Sarabandes, Menuets, and Gigues of Bach’s famous dance suites, these EDM genres are our contemporary equivalent. In Analog Intelligence, as in Bach’s suites and partitas, each dance is taken as a starting point for creating a piece of concert music – something to stimulate the body, yes, but also the mind and ears.
When Roger Kalia approached me about writing a piece for the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, I knew the dance suite could be done great justice in a detailed orchestration. I chose three of the movements – Dubstep, IDM, and Drum ‘n’ Bass – and set about translating the heavily electronic soundworld of the original piece into the language of an acoustic orchestra. The echo effect became slow wah-wah mutes in the brass, the distortion effect became aluminum foil mutes in the strings, and the reverb effect became airy sounds from all sections of the orchestra. In this new version a unique sonic environment is born, straddling the line between acoustic orchestral and electronic chamber music.