Semi-Conducting: Rambles Through the Post-Cagean Thicket

Chapter 17: Whistling in the Woods

Nicolas Collins, When John Henry Was A Little Baby (1996). Originally installed at Sonambiente Festival für Hören und Sehen, Berlin, summer 1996. Video of installation for Arts LeHavre 08 Biennale d'Arte Contemporain, Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France, summer 2008.

Nicolas Collins, Truth In Clouds (1991-99). Excerpts from chamber opera/installation at Podewil, Berlin February 1999. Performed by members of Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin.

Peter Cusack & Nicolas Collins, A Host, Of Golden Daffodils, Plate Lunch CD (1999)
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TRACKS

Stoyan

Ichor

Hazlitt

VARIOUS RECORDINGS MADE IN BERLIN, 1996-99:

microstoria_snd processed (1997)
Remix of a track by Microstoria using skipping CD players and trombone-propelled electronics. Released on Microsoria: Reprovisors, Mille Plateaux and Thrill Jockey CDs, 1997.

Broken Choir (1997)
For seven instruments and modified CD players. Written for Zeitkratzer ensemble. Released on SonX, Zeitkratzer Records, 1999.

Sonnet 40 (1998)
For solo trumpet. Commissioned by Axel Doerner. The unamplified acoustic trumpet articulates the words of the Shakespeare sonnet, each of the three movements at a different speed. Recorded at Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), March 1999. Score here.