Syzygy for Bass Clarinet and Electronics

Syzygy – the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system.

Written for bass clarinet and live electronics and premiered by Alexander W. Ravitz, Syzygy blends three distinct styles into one complete work. Syzygy blends unaccompanied bass clarinet with electro-acoustic soundscapes recorded and manipulated in real-time with transcribed licks from John Coltrane’s iconic album Interstellar Space from 1967.