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Power and Freedom

From: Sarah Boothroyd
Length: 05:40

A round-the-world tour of protests in Canada, England, France, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and beyond. Read the full description.

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Playing: Power and Freedom
From: Sarah Boothroyd

Power_and_freedom_-_credit_nathan_pask_small A round-the-world tour of protests in Canada, England, France, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and beyond. This radiophonic work was inspired by contemporary composer Luigi Nono's use of fragmented and layered political texts, as well as his method of treating 'real world' artifacts as potential music.

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Piece Description

A round-the-world tour of protests in Canada, England, France, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and beyond. This radiophonic work was inspired by contemporary composer Luigi Nono's use of fragmented and layered political texts, as well as his method of treating 'real world' artifacts as potential music.