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the ebb of acrophobia |
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Trafalgar Square Londonrecorded mid-day 13th july 2009 |
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the ebb of acrophobia |
 If you're a musician of any ability and want to get involved in events like this in the future just let me know download A4 publicity poster (pdf) Listen to Richard Wyatt's interview with Lawrence (16/06/09) on BBC Radio Bristol Listen to Vernon Harwood's interview with Lawrence (17/06/09) on BBC Radio Somerset Listen to Mark O'Donnell's interview with Lawrence (06/07/09) on BBC Radio Wiltshire View Lawrence's interview on BBC South West (06/07/09) - noted as being the most unusual the presenters had ever done on the programme!
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l reed & b yianni / world premier / fourth plinth / trafalgar square / london / 13th july / 2009 Acrophobia, from the Greek 'akron' (peak) and 'phobos' (fear) is a fear of heights and is extremely common. It is now widely believed that fear of height is a response we are all born with and is an evolutionary adaptation. Mild suffers like myself will experience rising heart rate, a knot in the stomach, sweaty palms and inertia. what we’re trying to do our artistic aims get involved the timeline
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the conductor and general instructions the conductor will organise and brief the orchestra in the 15 minutes before midday and before each new part of the piece / conductor's directions are both ‘general’ and ‘embedded’/particular to each piece / conductor ‘general’ instructions are |
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the scores |
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| moaning acrophobia - circa 4 mins in your head break the word acrophobia into its component syllables / think of hearing these from far away, of echoes, of slowing things down, of restlessness, apprehension, unease, with one's heart in one's mouth / try to get in the head of the acrophobic / when pointed at, begin to slowly speak and sustain each syllable in turn / example a-a-a-a-cro-cro-cro-cro-cro-phob-phob-phob phob phob etc draw the syllables out/ repeat syllables many many times to start with / try to mimic the inflection of the word as spoken normally / start slowly joining the syllables together - example acro- acro-acro -phobi-phobi etc. / carry on joining more syllables together until you form the whole word then repeat this until the end / the conductor will begin with a count / try to slip into your own rhythm / watch the conductor for instructions / start quietly and build up to very loud / do not play instruments unless instructed by the conductor / a soprano will be singing over the top but concentrate on your own voice production |
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| instructions for all four movements of the ebb of acrophobia play a sequence of notes from left to right choosing one note from each column (for example in movement 1 choose G E or C from the first column, then E C or A from the second column and so on until you have played a sequence of eight notes) / repeat the sequence, varying the note selected from each column and the register / transposing instruments note that the notes are at sounding pitch / silence is an option but must be for whole sequences |
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the ebb of acrophobia - movements 1 and 2 - circa 9 mins
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each note is 3 seconds long / 12 notes repeated 8 times or until instructed to stop / mf throughout
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| impartials up - circa 8 mins one finger point: individual play / two finger point: group play / when pointed or gestured at, play and sustain / loop one of the lowest sounds you can play UNLESS other players are already playing, in which case: play and sustain a sound less than a 7th above the last player who played / if you think you may have been pointed at, play at once, and without hesitation. if more than one person thinks they are being pointed at, never mind, do not worry / all cease on a two-handed slicing gesture / when playing, the raising and lowering of a hand/hands is to guide dynamic / the above process will be performed several times |
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| impartials down - circa 8 mins when pointed or gestured at, play and sustain/loop one of the highest sounds you can play UNLESS other players are already playing, in which case play and sustain a sound less than a 7th below the last player who played / all cease on a two-handed slicing gesture / when playing, the raising and lowering of a hand/hands is to guide slight pitch alteration (bend, gliss, walk) and will be followed by a cease instruction / the above process will be performed several times |
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the ebb of acrophobia movements 3 and 4 - circa 9 minutes
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each note is 4 seconds long / 16 notes repeated 6 times or until instructed to stop / start movement at pp and increase to fff at end increase sense of anxiety slowly throughout the piece by using techniques appropriate to your instrument
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| percussive acrophobia - circa 4 mins same routine in all respects as vocal acrophobia 1 but think of aggressive and broken conversation / think of shouting at the fear itself and overcoming it / keep the syllables short and accentuated |
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download a printeable pdf version of above instructions and score If you would prefer a traditional score you can download alternative clefs heretreble clef 1 Transposing instumentsBb clarinet If you require a special score please contact me |
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