Abstract
For mezzo-soprano, trumpet, pre-recorded material, and live processing. With school shootings in mind, the text of Toy Language speaks of both children’s games and child massacre; it also evokes the tension which occurs in poetic writing between linguistic creativity and violence to language. These ideas are intertwined in the text and also embodied in the words, which are organised in a way which is both playful and grammatically disruptive. The music provides many challenges to the singer. The response to these challenges is exploited both in the acousmatic material (which includes processed versions of extracts of the vocal score, and transformed brass sounds) and in the live electroacoustic processing. ABC Classic FM recording broadcast Friday 7 January 2011.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Publisher | ABC Classic FM |
| Size | 09 min., 13 sec. |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |