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Red Snow (Microclimate II)

Natasha Barrett

Red Snow (Microclimate II) has been performed in Bergen, Birmingham, Corfu, Lisbon and Montréal…

“Red snow” is snow coloured rose to blood red by a growth of algae or diatoms.

I moved to Norway in the winter, and the climate dramatically contrasted that of my home country England. Leaving behind everything I knew, I felt increasingly aware of the environment: the variety of snow spiralling in the wind; intricate details of vegetation enhanced by crystal formations; the soft sun and bright landscape; footprints suggesting their own scenario… and the potential colour lying dormant.

Microclimate II: Red Snow is the second work in a series entitled Microclimate where each work is structurally balanced, not in a symmetrical sense, but through the ‘life’ of one articulation resulting in a subsequent and counterbalancing reaction. I have attempted to concentrate the beauty and violence of a natural landscape into the ‘microclimate’ of the work — forming a new ‘organisational space’ yet reflecting, in acoustic form, the natural world and source inspiration.


Microclimate II: Red Snow was realized in 1998 at Notam (Norsk nettverk for Teknologi, Akustikk og Musikk / Norwegian network for Technology, Acoustics and Music) in Oslo (Norway) and premiered on May 26, 1999 during the Music Factory Contemporary Music Festival in Bergen (Norway).

Premiere

  • May 26, 1999, Concert, Bergen (Norway)

Details

Red Snow (Microclimate II) (1998, 2001), 15:39
stereo fixed medium

Calendar

Broadcasts

Date Work Programme
January 15, 2006 Natasha Barrett, Red Snow (Microclimate II) (1998, 2001), 15:39 Martian Gardens / WMUA 91.1 FM (USA)
September 1, 2006 Natasha Barrett, Red Snow (Microclimate II) (1998, 2001), 15:39 Radio Horizon 93.9 FM (South Africa)
December 21, 2008 Natasha Barrett, Red Snow (Microclimate II) (1998, 2001), 15:39 Martian Gardens / WMUA 91.1 FM (USA)
December 20, 2009 Natasha Barrett, Red Snow (Microclimate II) (1998, 2001), 15:39 Martian Gardens / WMUA 91.1 FM (USA)
February 10, 2013 Natasha Barrett, Red Snow (Microclimate II) (1998, 2001), 15:39 Martian Gardens / WMUA 91.1 FM (USA)
March 16, 2015 Natasha Barrett, Red Snow (Microclimate II) (1998, 2001), 15:39 Acoustic Frontiers / CKCU 93.1 FM (Canada)