
Field of Vision
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1/6Album & Artwork
Cantaloupe Music, the label for this recording, was created by the founders of Bang on a Can, a new music organization.
Recording & Production
This recording of "Field of Vision" was made with generous support from a University of Michigan SMTD Faculty Research Grant.
Recording & Production
The album is also available in Dolby Atmos, an immersive audio format.
Composition History
Field of Vision was commissioned by the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, with additional support from the University of Michigan and Bang on a Can.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Michael Gordon, the composer, describes "Field of Vision" as an initiation into moving sound that circles, collides, and dissolves, aiming to induce a quasi-meditative state.
Compositional Technique
The work utilizes specially constructed percussion objects of ambiguous origin, which, when activated, create a chain reaction of harmonics.
















