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Elizabeth McNutt Pipe Wrench Elizabeth McNutt takes the flute into new dimensions with innovative playing techniques and interaction with computers. Never content with the traditional style and repertoire of the flute, she has always asked the question: What else can the flute become? In this CD, with its diverse approaches and distinctive sounds, she provides many answers. The traditionally pastoral and lyrical instrument is refracted into new shapes and sounds as it soars through the digital landscapes of compositions by Andrew May, Cort Lippe, Eric Lyon, Barry Moon, and Philippe Manoury. These beautiful and alien worlds gives the instrument new and unexpected faces: a chorus of birds strung on a wire; a techno dancer becoming part of the machine as the tempo climbs; or even the meteor-ravaged face of the planet Jupiter. May's 'The Twittering Machine' (1995) is a freewheeling duet between flute and computer, inspired by Paul Klee's painting in which three bird-like figures dance on a turning wire. Lippe's 'Music for Flute and Computer' (1994) is a dramatic and virtuosic interactive work influenced by the musical cultures of Burundi and Rwanda. Lyon's 'The Blistering Price of Power' (1993) pits the flutist against electronic sounds ranging from simple synth-pop grooves to insane electronic bagpipes. Moon's 'Interact I' (1996) presents a spare and unpredictable sonic texture in which the computer gradually learns to improvise alongside the flutist. Manoury's 'Jupiter' (1987), an early classic that pioneered the technique of score-following to synchronize computer and performer, gives the computer the role of a fantastical orchestra accompanying the flute with a dizzying array of new sounds. An inventive and elegant exploration of the interaction between flute and computer, this CD presents a vital chapter in the recent history of computer music. MP3 excerpts Interact I The Twittering Machine Music for Flute & Computer Buy it!

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