James Saunders – #241104
2004
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Since 2000 I have been working on #[unassigned], an ongoing modular composition which is flexible in its construction, with modules (individual short pieces, drones, fragments, electroacoustic material) being detachable, and appearing in different versions of the piece. The whole #[unassigned] project aims to explore how a change of context or synchronisation affects the way we perceive events. I am interested in the listener gaining an alternative perspective of the music at different hearings, with each reinforcing a global perception of the piece, and one that is subject to (at times radical) change. The nature of the project means that each version features an entirely different instrumentation, duration, and deployment of material, and is composed for a specific performance, with the actual title being derived from the date. There is no definitive score or version of the piece as all display different possibilities within the boundaries of the project and are composed especially for the musicians involved (normally through the use of a combination of new and existing material). I am essentially writing one piece which is always different.
James Saunders