CARNIVAL OF SOULS
(2022-...)
for percussion, video and electronics
Program notes
CARNIVAL OF SOULS is a project of intermedial exploration centred in the deconstruction, examination and reinvention of the 1962 film of the same name by Herk Harvey. Combining live music performance, video and sound design, the work constitutes a 'love letter' to cinema (and the horror genre in particular) and an exploration of themes such as control and interdependence, the creation of horror in cinema, the scoring of the cinematic image, the celebration of independence artistic creation and the gender and power dynamics present in the film.
While this project is currently in progress, there exists a short version of the piece, acting as an introduction to the final, much longer work. This short version of the piece was awarded the Music Prize of the first edition of WE:NOW Festival in Madrid (ES).
Duration (short version): c. 12'
Duration (final work): c. 45' (in progress)
Instrumentation
Percussion
Bass drum
3 tom-toms (low, mid, high)
2 metal blocks (low, high)
Hi-hat
Suspended cymbal
MIDI pad (at least 6 pads)
Performances
2.06.2022 – HKB Playtime Festival, Hochschule der Künste Bern (CH)
30.07.2022 – Foresty Festival, Casa della Musica San Michele (Montaldeo, IT)
Performer: Alberto Anhaus