CAPTCHA for Baritone and Piano
Duration: 16'
Text by CAPTCHA
Performers: American Modern Ensemble, Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Blair McMillen, piano
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1473
Online Perusal Score: https://issuu.com/robertpaterson/docs/paterson_captcha_perusal
For More Information: https://robertpaterson.com/captcha-baritone-version

PROGRAM NOTES
CAPTCHA originated with an assignment I was given as a participant in the American Opera Projects (AOP) Composers & The Voice program. Throughout the year, we wrote a variety of arias and songs and were given various "challenges." Some of the challenges included using no more than four lines of text, using found text, using prose, and also trying to avoid the passagio (a term used in classical singing to describe where different voice ranges cross over, for example, where the chest voice and head voice cross). I neglected to incorporate any of the challenges into previous pieces, and I only had one song or aria left, so I had to incorporate all of the remaining challenges into a single piece.

For found text, I decided to use CAPTCHA texts. The term CAPTCHA (for Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) was coined in 2000 by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University. A CAPTCHA is a program that protects websites against bots by generating and grading tests that only humans can pass. For example, humans can read distorted text presented as a graphic, but current computer programs cannot. To find interesting words and phrases, I spent many tedious hours in front of my computer loading CAPTCHA texts. Actually, what I ended using are reCAPTCHA texts, which are derived from a free version of CAPTCHA that uses combinations of real words from scanned books that need human confirmation and gibberish text.

I initially wrote one song entitled CAPTCHA, but later decided to compose an entire song cycle that incorporates the original song. Each songs uses a few key words (the few that are actually real words and phrases) as a springboard. I attempt to phonetically interpret the other words and phrases that don’t make sense, infusing emotion where none exists. Ultimately, my goal is to create an emotionally moving experience, despite the nonsensical nature of the words.

Winter Songs

CAPTCHA - IV. voix Gustroor

Moon Trio - Robert Paterson
Duration: ca. 21'
But Sheet Music: www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.p…ducts_id=2279
More Info: robertpaterson.com/moon-trio

PROGRAM NOTE
Moon Trio is the sister piece for another trio I wrote called Sun Trio. Each of the four movements is inspired by the moon. The first movement, Moonbeams, consists of bright, cascading arpeggios that interact and overlap, creating playful rhythmic interactions between the three instruments. The second movement, Three Lunatics, is a highly rhythmic, mixed-meter scherzo that capitalizes on extreme ranges and timbral effects. The third movement, Blue Moon, is slow, hazy and dreamlike, and is built on long held chords and lush melodies in the violin and cello. The last movement, Moon Trip, is like taking a trip on a rocket ship. It begins explosively, contains an etherial middle section, and ends solidly as the trio finally lands on solid ground. Moon Trio was commissioned by the Claremont Trio and Rick Teller. – RP

Spheres

Moon Trio - IV. Moon Trip

You can heard to the old version of "Floraison" here: https://soundcloud.com/user-407534243/floraison-feat-amanda-sanderson

Lyrics, music, vocal and illustration: Lukowig https://soundcloud.com/user-407534243/tracks https://www.facebook.com/Lukowig/ https://twitter.com/Lukowig
Guitar and bass: Agapite https://soundcloud.com/agapite/tracks
Vocal and translation of lyrics: Amanda Sanderson https://soundcloud.com/phoebeelena/tracks
Vocal recordings for Amanda's vocals : Kevin Pope https://soundcloud.com/wiggy13/tracks
Thank you very much to Agapite and to Amanda Sanderson for their magnificent performance!
 
Paroles, musique, chant et illustration : Lukowig https://soundcloud.com/user-407534243/tracks https://www.facebook.com/Lukowig/ https://twitter.com/Lukowig
Guitare et basse: Agapite https://soundcloud.com/agapite/tracks
Chant et traduction des paroles : Amanda Sanderson https://soundcloud.com/phoebeelena/tracks
Prise de son pour la voix d'Amanda : Kevin Pope https://soundcloud.com/wiggy13/tracks
Merci infiniment à Agapite et à Amanda Sanderson pour leur magnifique performance !
 
Floraison
 
Morne saison
nulle floraison
aucun chant
aucun son
 
Dans la serre tout en fleurs
(je) cueille des fleurs (je) cueille des fleurs
fraîches
fraîches
Dans la serre tout en fleurs
sur ce lit de mousse mon cœur
recompose-toi (recompose-moi)
 
Je te serre
Tu me serres
Je te cueille
Tu me cueilles
Je t'effleure
Tu m'effleures
Rêche
 
Ce sursaut épouse tes peurs
surexpose-toi
Ce sursaut épouse mes peurs
surexpose-moi
 
Dans la serre tout en fleurs
dans mon (ton) cercueil tant de fleurs
sèches
sèches
Dans la serre tout en fleurs
sur ce lit s'émousse mon (ton) corps
décompose-moi (décompose-toi)
 
Morte raison
nulle oraison
juste un chant
juste un son
 
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Flowering
 
Dismal season
no flowering
no singing
no sound
 
In the greenhouse
all blossoming
I/you gather fresh, fresh flowers
In the greenhouse
I/you gather fresh, fresh flowers
on this bed of moss my sweetheart
recompose yourself/myself
 
I hold you, you hold me
I pick you/you pick me
I touch you/ you touch me
harsh
 
This start mirrors your fears
overexposes you
This start mirrors my fears
overexposes me
 
In the greenhouse picking fresh, fresh flowers
this foam bed my sweetheart
recompose yourself/myself
In the greenhouse all in bloom
In my/your coffin so many dry, dry flowers
In the greenhouse
all is blossoming
on this bed my body wilts
 
Dead reason
hopeless prayer
just a song
just a sound

Floraison

Floraison (New version!) [ feat. Agapite and Amanda Sanderson ]

Chasing rainbows

This track started as a vision of a journey. For me it symbolizes the journey that I have started to reach my inner core. For someone else it may symbolize something else. That is the good thing about art in any form, it is the observer that decides what the art represent for them.

Journey To The Inner Core

Convergence

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Sounds Of The Void

Rainfall

Some tunes over "Jumping at shadows" by Fleetwood Mac.
Special thanks to my friend Panic and Freak out, who introduced me to this piece of gem!

Jumping at shadows - Fleetwood Mac (solo improvise)

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Chasing rainbows

John Vaughn