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Work


Numena

for harp and prerecorded sound

Year:  2000   ·  Duration:  11m

Year:  2000
Duration:  11m

Composer:   Dugal McKinnon

About

Numena is a sonic commingling of human and nonhuman. The work's compositional process thus focused on blurring boundaries between instrument and audio, in seeking to create the illusion of an haecceity (a singular material entity) or, to use a more contemporary term, a meta-instrument. This is not a purely formal concern; regarded figuratively, the piece is animistic, in the sense that the harp itself can be considered as the numena (local god or presiding deity) governing the sounding flow. Written for and premiered by the harpist Catriona MacKay at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, June 17th 2000.


Commissioned note

Written for and premiered by the harpist Catriona MacKay at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, June 17th 2000


Performance history

17 Jun 2000: Premiered by harpist Catriona MacKay at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, June 17th 2000