"CELESTIALS": THE COUNTERPOINT OF NATURE AND ART

• Main Author: Nikolaeva Julia E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mediamusic, LLC 2016-12-01
• Series: Mediamuzyka
• Subjects: Birds singing; sound layer; sound modulation; counterpoint; polystylistics; spatial polyphony
• Online Access: http://mediamusic-journal.com/Issues/6_4.html

The article is devoted to Terskaya's suite "Celestials" for record the birds singing, electronics, flute, piano, and video (2015). It reviewed implementation of the idea of the game "in ensemble with birds": a selection of audio material at the initial stage, then it is a compound according to the principle of complementary sound layers' counterpoint, and a composition of the acoustic instruments' parties. The local video performs the function of "common denominator" for all the musical elements. Video helps to build the dramatic and meaningful lines: nature and art, time of day, nature — culture — Eternity.