Here the composer tries to neutralize the distinctions between instruments and voices, to make the amplified singing seem instrumental, beyond words.
However, differences in recording instrumentation can cause raw response measures to be very different between instruments.
They have a decent, rounded sound with punchy but not overpowering bass and good detail and separation between instruments.
The marchlike rhythms of the first section are followed by a vivacious dialogue between instruments and an almost jazzy finale.
Christian Wolff's "Spring," the first orchestral piece by this self-taught composer, similarly moved from evocations of melody to a tangle of individual interactions between instruments.
Birtwistle describes it as "hocketing", a favourite technique of his borrowed from medieval music, in which a line is shared between instruments or voices alternating.
Jazz, for instance, sees half the track disappear between overly warm bass and sharp high-end frequencies lacking any nuance or clarity between instruments.
It's huge fun for both, as you flick between instruments and samples, placing the cartoon fingers onto a grid to make (then share) music.
With it, she can become a one-woman band, setting up a beat or a tune and then alternating between instruments.
No cut-down violin sections here, no conversational fineness between instruments: there was only big, lovely sound and articulation hidden in a fog of imprecision.
Turning the volume up the Play:5 has a nice rounded sound, with excellent separation between instruments, punch in the lows and sparkling highs.
