PATHWAYS (2023) (live performance Richard Craig, Sound Festival, Aberdeen) by Michael Bonaventure published on 2023-12-09T17:50:52Z PATHWAYS (2023) was written for Richard Craig with funds from Creative Scotland and first performed by Richard and myself in Edinburgh in May 2023. The live recording here comes from our performance in St. Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen, at this year's Sound Festival. The 'psycho-geographic' inspiration behind the piece comes from the beautiful and atmospheric Roslin Glen, which, with its ancient woodland and divers tracks and pathways running through and around it, lies adjacent to Roslin Castle and the Rosslyn Chapel. Live flutes - piccolo, c flute & bass flute - and pipe organ combine or alternate with patches of fixed media electronic sound. The electronic sounds have two distinct identities: 1) an atmospheric mélange of chromatic figures derived from samples of Richard playing the bass flute, heard at various transpositions and tempi, and 2) lively scalar synthesiser loops that generate a fluorescent wall of sound. The piece consists of multiple sections of music that can be played in varying orders, allowing for longer or shorter musical journeys to be undertaken as chosen by the performers. Genre Contemporary Classical Comment by Maja Maiore wonderful 2023-12-28T19:12:30Z