Programme note

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Lullabies are private songs between mothers and babies, yet in every culture there are well-known, enduring lullabies that are shared generation after generation, some for hundreds of years. There is a darkness to many lullabies — with their mournful melodies and macabre lyrics — and a shared understanding between women, perhaps, that in this private space it is possible to speak of the unspeakable; "to sing the unsung".

 

For Finn, with love.

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Electronic setup

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You will need:

• Laptop with Max MSP version 7.0.6 set up on stage for you to see (more recent versions of Max MSP won't work). Download this version of Max here: https://cycling74.com/downloads/older/

• Max project files for In A Snowstorm of Moths

• Audio interface

• USB MIDI foot controller with two buttons (electronic piano expression/sustain pedals won't work)

• Directional microphone, mic cable, and mic stand

• Audio cable to send the processed signal from the USB audio interface to the mixing desk

• Mixing desk

• Four speakers (left, right, front and back) or two stereo speakers if four are unavailable

• Screen and HDMI connection for the projections

• Projector