Moments of Laughter by Hildegard Westerkamp
Sounds"sound" links to each mp3 excerpt from Moments of Laughter. Download the sound excerpt first, then activate either "images" or "score".ImagesEach of these excerpts can be combined with a selection of images, made by female vocal students [grade 10] at a high school [in Toronto, Canada] in response to this work. Just download the sound excerpt, then play it and activate the "images" link to be shown a slide show. The order of images is the same with each excerpt while the sound changes.Does your perception of the images change depending on which excerpt you listen to? What is your response to the excerpts and images ? ScoreThese are excerpts of the performance score for Moments of Laughter, a nineteen minute work for female voice and tape. The vocal performance in these excerpts is by DB Boyko, of Vancouver. Each excerpt is timed to accompany the related sound excerpt.
ExcerptsThe first excerpt comes from the beginning of the work, starting at 00:35 and continuing to 2:35. This is part of Moment One, Prologue and Birth. The second excerpt is from 8:00 to 9:30, and includes the end of Moment Three, Gegogegodababl, and the beginning of Moment Four, Dadado. The third excerpt starts at 13:30 and ends at 15:30. This is the end of Moment Five, Song and Play, all of Moment Six, Self and Other, and the beginning of Moment Seven, Laughter. The last excerpt is from Moment Nine, To the Heart. It begins at 17:15 and continues to the end of the piece at 19:00. I have named each excerpt according to the Moment that it begins with.
1) Prologue and Birth - sound
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