Joseph Kohlmaier and Toby O’Connor during the performance of Rabies
Marc Behrens: Rabies
Rabies, a composition for voices and electronics, was commissioned by the ASD Choir for the first series of Chambers. For Behrens, who has been concentrating his career as a composer on working with field recordings and electronics, it is the first work for traditional instrumentalists and musicians in 15 years.
A four-channel arrangement of electronic sounds generated from close-up recordings of the mouth will be the base for this piece. The singers will be divided into four groups in different places in the performance space and will partly interfere, partly blend their voices with the electronic arrangement. The electronics are not based on a timeline and both main elements, singers and electronics, work with a conceptual score and set of rules. Rabies is performed by Marc Behrens and members of the ASD Choir.
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