Celestial Dance, for electronics (2019) by Utsyo Chakraborty published on 2023-03-04T20:23:15Z Witnessing the fascinating conjunction of Venus and Jupiter from my hostel window prompted me to revisit one of my early attempts at writing music for solo MIDI electronics. "Celestial Dance", composed in May 2019, is in three parts, each following the other attacca, without pause. The harmonic structure of the work is derived from the clash (conjunction!) of two diminished seventh chords, with their root notes a semitone apart. Pierre Boulez had used such a chord in Sur Incises (and Incises) which piqued my interest in its sonority. The instrumentation albeit MIDI oriented (which allowed me to push the instrumental performance to superhuman virtuosity) is made up of the instruments Boulez used in Sur Incises - with the addition of an electronic piano and solo strings. Genre Electronic Comment by Emil Awad Great work! 2023-03-23T16:21:40Z Comment by Dafydd Bullock Superb! 2023-03-08T10:15:40Z Comment by James Ricci Excellent piece! 2023-03-04T22:20:44Z