This album features live recordings from the hcmf//2016 festival, specifically from a performance on November 22, 2016, at St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield.
Composition History
The works on this album by Liza Lim and Aaron Cassidy were specifically conceived with the ELISION musicians in mind, reflecting their energies as strong sources of inspiration.
Compositional Technique
Aaron Cassidy's "The wreck of former boundaries" is a double trumpet concerto that explores the idea of solo and traditional concerto models, with instrumental roles constantly recombining.
Interpretation
ELISION focuses on an artisanal and intimately gestural approach to music production, valuing effort and pushing physical boundaries for visceral expressive experiences.
Performer Biography
ELISION, Australia's premier new music ensemble, includes 16 members who are considered some of the world's leading musicians.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Liza Lim's "How Forests Think" reflects on anthropologist Eduardo Kohn's idea of forest ecologies as 'living thought' where human and non-human selves have their own subjectivities.
