related works
Elsewhere : for 2 pianos, 2 percussionists, audio and video / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
2pdf 2perc tape
Concerto for iPad and Orchestra : Rotterdam Concerto II / Ned McGowan
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Orchestra with multimedia
Scoring:
fl ob cl fg h trp trb perc pf str elec
the riot of spring : for tape and orchestra / Dmitri Kourliandski
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Orchestra with multimedia
Scoring:
tape 3fl 3ob 3cl 3sax 4h 3trp 3trb tb 4perc str
Anomia : for soprano, large ensemble, video and electronics / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Orchestra with multimedia
Scoring:
zang 2fl cl cl-b sax-a sax-t 2h 2tpt 2trb tv perc g-e g-b pf acc 4vn 2vla 2vc db tape
composition
One Hundred Years : for orchestra, voices and electronics / Yannis Kyriakides
Other authors:
Kyriakides, Yannis
(Composer)
Description:
One Hundred Years is built on the encoding of the days of all solar eclipses, which took (and will take) place from 1945 to 2045.Composed during this extraordinary year we are experiencing, 2020, the piece scans the past 75 years, from the beginning of the so-called 'atomic age', and looks forward 25 years to 2045, the date given by Ray Kurzweil, when technological 'singularity' will supposedly occur - the moment when artifical intelligence will surpass human intelligence.
The piece is not meant as a narrative comment on specific dates or years that are named, rather a contemplation on the passing of time. How we look to the past and how we look to the future. As we hear dates and years gone by, we might associate them with historical or personal memories, and perhaps feel melancholic about a lost age, or identify with a particular decade. Hearing dates in the future, might give rise to uncertainty and fear, but might also evoke feelings of excitement and hope.
Yannis Kyriakides