In her piece "Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus," Liza Lim uses a recording of the mating call of the now-extinct Kaua'i 'ō'ō bird from Hawai'i, representing a lost form of knowledge.
Recording & Production
The recording of "Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus" took place in May 2018 at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria, with Wolfgang Racher as producer.
Composer Biography
Liza Lim, an Australian composer, has a 30-year collaboration with the ELISION Ensemble and regularly works with other prominent contemporary music groups like Ensemble Musikfabrik and Klangforum Wien.
Compositional Technique
Liza Lim's music often creates a 'sonic shimmer' inspired by the Yolngu Aboriginal concept of 'bir'yun', using techniques like homorhythmic pulses, tremolos, and granulated hiss.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Liza Lim is inspired by diverse methods of knowledge creation and transfer, from Japanese calligraphy and Nordic sailor knots to Aboriginal Australian songlines.
Performer Biography
Klangforum Wien, the ensemble performing on this album, consists of 24 musicians from ten different countries and has premiered approximately 500 new pieces by composers from three continents.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Liza Lim's work often explores the destructive power of Western knowledge forms and the challenges of climate change and mass extinction, drawing inspiration from philosopher Timothy Morton's concept of 'hyperobjects'.
