Details:

Duration: 13 mins
Instrumentation: amplified baritone saxophone, live processing and two channel fixed media
Premiere: March 16, 2024 at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at the Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK.
Commission Info: Written for Floris Van der Veken

Program Notes:

Means both sanctioned and forbidden is built around material generated with a no-input mixer. The no-input mixer uses residual noise of a mixing board to create feedback loops that can range from soft static to harsh, aggressive feedback. I recorded several improvised sessions, which became the basis for the piece.

The title comes from Wassily Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art: “The artist must be blind to distinctions between “recognized” or “unrecognized” conventions of form, deaf to the transitory teaching and demands of his particular age. He must watch only the trend of the inner need, and hearken to its words alone. Then he will, with safety, employ means both sanctioned and forbidden by his contemporaries. All means are sacred which are called for by the inner need. All means are sinful which obscure that inner need.”

Written for Floris Van der Veken, he performed the world premiere at the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma on March 16, 2024.

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