NO USE IN A CENTRE

An ironic look at what surrounds us often is the starting point for Annesley Black's musical compositions. Sports is a theme which the composer knows to combine with music in an unusual way, as in “Smooche de la Rooche II”. The sound material of this composition consists of the jumping and swinging noises created by skipping, among others. In addition, Black's works are characterized by a kind of “subtle sense of humour” in totally different ways: In “tender pink descender”, for example, the two double-bass clarinets try to spiral upward to increasing heights with their bass sounds; another example is “aorko” in which the violist forms a string quartet with three loudspeakers.