Cello-cello-revolutions
cello and fixed electronics
2025
duration: 4' 30"
commissioned by Ozgur Kaya
This piece was first premiered on the 27th of March 2025 at the Royal College of Music, London by Ozgur Kaya.
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Based on arcade games and particularly on the game Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) this piece is made to both challenge the performer and have them engage with the electronic track in a way similar to DDR that has them pre-empting the movement they must make through the repetition of patterns.
I wrote this piece with the instruction from Ozgur to make it “as ridiculous as possible,” whilst also taking account of both my own and Ozgur’s non-classical music. Included in the track is a “narrator” role: a figure who is supposed to guide you through a game, but seems to have a shorter temper here...
© 2025 Thomas Shorthouse
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