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Trouble

This composition was inspired by 17th century artist Claude Lorrain's painting, 'A Pastoral Landscape'. I was initially drawn to this work because of its beauty – the picturesque scene in the foreground, with man and nature living in harmony, is complemented by the distant hills over the river and the warmly coloured sky above. After studying the painting further, however, I found the castle and cliff on the right-hand side of the canvas casts an ominous presence over the work, overshadowing the scenic image with its commanding and authoritative character. My composition, An Interpretive Landscape, aims to sonically represent these contrasting interpretations, placing the dark, sinister, castle in conflict with Lorrain’s Utopian vision. In doing this, I hope to challenge the viewer's experience of the work, and encourage them to see the painting in an alternative light.

An Interpretive Landscape (April 2017)

This is one of the works from the final portfolio of my Master's degree. It's made entirely from recordings of water taken from a trip to the French Pyrenees in May 2018, and was composed as four separate movements but can be listened to in one continuous sitting. The movements are detailed below:

1: River Flow (0:00-2:57)
2: Precip (2:57-5:50)
3: Buckets, Lakes (5:50-9:24)
4: Water Cycle (9:24-13:04)

L'eau des Montagnes (September 2018)

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