Mike Svoboda (*1960)
Luminous Flux (2014)
for eight voices and percussion
text in Italian and English
based on texts by Leonard Da Vinci (english translation by Mike Svoboda)
duration 14 minutes
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percussion with:
a heavy thick metal plate (ca. 0,5x40x40 cm) with a rough surface amplified with a contact microphone through a guitar amp and played with the fingers, a heavy solid ball like a pool/billiard ball, and two long rods attached to the plate with clamps, one vibration slower, one faster that the pulse indicated.
an electric guitar laying on a table amplified through the same guitar amp as the metal plate and played with fingers, a light stick, and a violin bow
vibraphone