Memory of Colour
Genre: Chamber ensemble: fl, cl, mar, hp, vn, vc + four channel tape
Ed Hughes, Memory of Colour (2004). Brighton Festival commission. First performance 8 May 2004. Chroma Ensemble. All rights reserved
Description: A work in four movements for an ensemble of six with intervening electronic preludes, conceived in response to a shimmering textile installation by Teruyoshi Yoshida
Duration: 40 minutes
Date: 2004
Programme Note
Memory of Colour is a musical response to an installation The Surface of the Lake by the Japanese artist, Teruyoshi Yoshida. Yoshida's work has a shimmering gold leaf surface which creates bands of colour in the reflective surface beneath. My work is structured as a series of four instrumental movements. Between each movement there is an electronic interlude. This creates a continuous soundscape, moving between live and tape sounds and in an ideal performance a highly immersive effect.
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