Appendix D – List of Performances

List of Performances

The following is a list of performances and lectures given during the research period.

Research Concert at Dokkhuset, Trondheim

An hour-and-a-half-long video from a lecture/concert given in Dokkhuset April 21, 2018. Through documented examples as well as live music performances it gives a good insight into the ConDiS concept.

Video example #56: https://vimeo.com/266997352/6cc5700384

Research Concert at the Organ Room, Olavshallen, Trondheim

An eight-voice version of the Hljóðs bið ek for 14 voices was performed at the Olavshallen Organ Room in Olavshallen on June 24, 2015. It inspired some early thinking about the importance of a simple graphical interface. Forgetting to press an on/off button had me conducting without any response from the system. I realized this very late in the performance, too late to make it a successful demonstration. Still, it was a valuable lesson for me as I moved forward in the process.

Video example #57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPb1lcddnE

Test Concert at Dokkhuset, Trondheim, Norway

Performed at the Virtuoso Listener Festival in Trondheim, November 24, 2017

The Dokkhuset concert was a typical trial concert testing out various technical and practical elements. This was partly the case since I was still looking for the right sonority based on my extended notation experimentation. During the rehearsal period, substantial time was, therefore, spent rehearsing the ensemble without the electronics. For that reason, the electronics did not come into the rehearsal process until the last day of rehearsal. This did not leave enough time for the performers to digest the sonic extension to their instruments or the overall sound of the ensemble. Nor did it give Halldis enough time to study the possibilities and musical advantages of the conducting system. The rehearsal time that I thought would be plenty turned out to be not enough.

The concert at Dokkhuset was unsatisfactory, not in a performance sense, but rather in terms of overall sound quality.

Kuuki no Sukima1^stmovement:

Video example #58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_03oqu0kpU

Kuuki no Sukima2^ndmovement:

Video example #59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM2ULIQixNw

Kuuki no Sukima3^rdmovement:

Video example #60: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvqH_ATZkaQ

Trondheim Sinfonietta – Nordic Tour

Video Recordings

The following web addresses are for video recordings from the Trondheim Sinfonietta – Nordic Tour. Four concerts in six days: in Harpa Music Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland; Nordic House, Torshavn and Christian’s Church, Klaksvik, in the Faeroe Islands; and a final concert at Schæffergården, Copenhagen.