Vasanta (Rainbow Thunder)
Michael Robinson
About this work:
Rainbow Thunder (Vasanta) slowly builds a deep and powerful percussion ostinato inspired by African rhythms. This prepares for a dramatic trumpet entrance based on the South Indian raga, Vasanta. The middle section switches the percussion voices to African harps, and the trumpet to a gender, as the melodic voice becomes more active. The original voices reappear for the concluding music, with the trumpet articulating rapid, complex phrases.
- Michael Robinson, December 1999, Lahaina
© 1999 by Michael Robinson All rights reserved
Year composed: 1996
Duration: 00:14:01
Ensemble type: Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources:Live Electronic Sound Sources
Instrumentation: ,1 Computer/Laptop soloist(s), ,1 Sampler (Keyboard/Other) soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: A computer and sound module are programmed to perform the fully notated composition in real time. Rainbow Thunder (Vasanta) is voiced with samples of the following acoustical timbres using Indian tunings: trumpet, kora, gender and African, Near Eastern, Indian, Chinese & Japanese percussion.