Field of Vision

Michael Gordon

General Info

Year of Published: 2022
Publisher: Red Poppy Music
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Duration: 00:60:00
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Gong (A3) & Non-pitched Wood & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (B4)
Player 2: Gong (G#3) & Non-pitched Wood & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (A4)
Player 3: Gong (E3) & Non-pitched Wood & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (G4)
Player 4: Gong (D3) & Non-pitched Wood & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (F#4)
Player 5: Gong (E2) & Brake Drum (Medium) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (E4)
Player 6: Gong (D3) & Brake Drum (Medium) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (D4 + F#4)
Player 7: Gong (B2) & Brake Drum (Medium) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (G4)
Player 8: Gong (E2) & Brake Drum (Medium) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (A4)
Player 9: Gong (B2) & Non-pitched Wood & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (B4)
Player 10: Gong (C#3) & Non-pitched Wood & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (B4 + G5)
Player 11: Gong (F#3) & Non-pitched Wood & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (A4 + F#5)
Player 12: Gong (F#3) & Non-pitched Wood & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (G4 + E5)
Player 13: Bell Plate (B3) & Bass Drum & Stones & Sixxen (F#4 + D#5)
Player 14: Bell Plate (C#4) & Tam Tam & Stones & Sixxen (E4 + C#5)
Player 15: Bell Plate (D4) & Bass Drum & Stones & Sixxen (F#4 + G#5)
Player 16: Bell Plate (E4) & Tam Tam & Stones & Sixxen (G4 + G5)
Player 17: Bell Plate (F#4) & Bass Drum & Stones & Sixxen (A4 + C#5)
Player 18: Bell Plate (G#4) & Tam Tam & Stones & Sixxen (B4 + D#5)
Player 19: Bell Plate (F#4) & Bass Drum & Stones & Sixxen (F#4 + D#5)
Player 20: Bell Plate (G#4) & Tam Tam & Stones & Sixxen (E4 + F#5)
Player 21: Bell Plate (A4) & Bass Drum & Stones & Sixxen (F#4 + E5)
Player 22: Bell Plate (B4) & Tam Tam & Stones & Sixxen (B4) & Gong (D#4)
Player 23: Bell Plate (C#5) & Bass Drum & Stones & Sixxen (A4) & Gong (C#4)
Player 24: Bell Plate (D5) & Tam Tam & Stones & Sixxen (G4) & Gong (G#3)
Player 25: Non-pitched Ringing Metal & Brake Drum (Low) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (F#4) & Gong (D3)
Player 26: Non-pitched Ringing Metal & Brake Drum (Low) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (E4) & Gong (E2)
Player 27: Non-pitched Ringing Metal & Brake Drum (Low) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (F#4) & Gong (B2)
Player 28: Non-pitched Ringing Metal & Brake Drum (Low) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (G4) & Gong (F#33)
Player 29: Non-pitched Ringing Metal & Brake Drum (Medium) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (A4) & Gong (A3)
Player 30: Non-pitched Ringing Metal & Brake Drum (Medium) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (B4) & Gong (D4)
Player 31: Non-pitched Ringing Metal & Brake Drum (Medium) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (B4) & Bass Drum
Player 32: Non-pitched Ringing Metal & Brake Drum (Medium) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (A4) & Bass Drum
Player 33: Non-pitched Ringing Metal & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (G4) & Bass Drum
Player 34: Bass Drum & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (G4)
Player 34: Bass Drum & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (A4)
Player 34: Bass Drum & Brake Drum (High) & Wood Bundle & Sixxen (B4)

Program Notes

Field of Vision is a large-scale site-specific work for Caramoor’s Sunken Garden and the surrounding grounds, featuring 36 percussionists directed by Doug Perkins. Performed on specially constructed and tuned percussion instruments, industrial metals, wood and gongs, Field of Vision is performed on extremely resonant instruments meant to produce a complex spectrum of overtones and resonances. The large number of percussionists and the vast playing field is meant to highlight perspective and the architectural movement of sound. I think of this perspective of sound a bit like moving from two-dimensional art to three-dimensional art. Sound isn’t a flat line — in Field of Vision it takes on multiple roles in space and time. The resulting waves of moving sound and varying densities are meant to induce a quasi-meditative, almost ecstatic state, in the listener as well as the performer.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo Works

XY - Multiple Percussion

Ensemble Works

Timber - Percussion Sextet; Amplified
The Forest of Metal Objects - 16 Players
Field of Vision - 36 Players