| Résumé |
I often think of Tensio for string quartet and real-time electronics as my most experimental work to date. Not since my early work with real-time during the 1980s, with Jupiter and Pluton, have I made such significant use of new and experimental techniques in the conception and composition of a new work. The bulk of the research was undertaken with Gilbert Nouno, who created the electronics and fine-tuned the majority of the work’s new techniques, and Arshia Cont, whose recent research was a significant influence. Miller Puckette’s contribution, in particular in the field of new procedures of synthesis, was also significant. In this article, I propose to provide an overview of these new synthesis tools, which are at the core of a good deal of this quartet; I will also endeavour to provide a theoretical perspective on their relationship to the instrumental writing. |
