Exploring a 31-tet new work for Organ with John Franek | Behind the Score Ep. 42
Added 2023-06-26 13:53:11 +0000 UTCI'm pleased to once again have composer John Franek as a guest on a Behind the Score episode. John has just had his work Radiolarium premiered in Amsterdam, and the instrument is a pipe organ that divides the octave into 31 equally tempered notes. This is a fascinating discussion and piece of music. I hope you enjoy!
Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/839585598/2734b35561?share=copy
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Totally fascinating, and I found the music hypnotic and beautiful. I was intrigued by the question of why 31 intervals, and googled 31TET. A very interesting Wikipedia article helps illuminate this as being around the problem of the third (which ET really doesn't deal with well according to some). Link to article below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31_equal_temperament
Adie
2024-03-04 23:46:08 +0000 UTCMr. Mandelbrot does it again. The radiolaria “C” the change 🫡🧬💗🕉️⚛️
Zachary Bell
2023-07-18 01:17:11 +0000 UTCI like music and math, so this was really uplifting and enjoyable. Well done, John.
Herr Lefe
2023-07-10 19:38:42 +0000 UTCI'll follow up with John.
R. Douglas Helvering
2023-06-28 13:41:46 +0000 UTCFascinating. Utterly fascinating.
Nick
2023-06-28 02:44:19 +0000 UTCI've heard something very similar in the past - there are these metallic wind sculptures that rely on wind energy to turn multiple, variably-sized vaned spindles on the same central axis. They wind up being pitched differently because of the rates they spin around the axis, and the way they connect to the axis. Some of the vanes are cupped, so they spin on themselves. The total effect is a landscape of different pitches (they tend to repeat quickly) and tempi. A lot like this. Pretty fascinating stuff. Here's a question for John: did you have any concept of the resulting pitches (even if approximate) when setting up the mathematical 'roadmap' of the score ? Or was it all 'found' music after defining the score ? Thanks !
Peter Tutak
2023-06-26 23:28:13 +0000 UTCParts of this piece remind me of the music box intro to David Sancious and Tone's "Transformation (Speed Of Love).
Bill Coonley
2023-06-26 15:30:29 +0000 UTCIt reminds me of Wendy Carlos, maybe an unused piece from the soundtrack to "A Clockwork Orange".
Eric Warner
2023-06-26 15:17:03 +0000 UTCIt sounds like a coo-coo clock in a hospital and both the clock and the patient are coding. :D
Arrow2theACL
2023-06-26 14:18:49 +0000 UTC
