Like some of his mentor's works, Mr. Tcherepnin's lyrical piece, a St . Lukes commission, opened slowly, blossoming from one long unison note into a lush tapestry.
I loved the way they would hit a unison note then jump off into a harmony, or vice versa, and switch lead back and forth.
Strikingly the carers' trade union, Unison, noted that many of those being cared for were veterans of the Second World War – men and women often feted by the government for their wartime efforts but now condemned by those same politicians' spending cuts to subsist in a home-care system that denies them dignity.
Ms. Oliveros's half of the program began with "The Heart of Tones" (1999), in which a small ensemble of strings, flute and piano played a single, unison note but varied the dynamics, timbre, mode of attack (bowed or pizzicato, for example) and balances to create a constantly shifting texture.
Aware of the power that women can harness when they speak in unison, Gbowee notes with insight and a touch of irony, "When women gather, men get afraid".
In particular, when played in unison, the notes C and F# seem to yield an unsettling dissonance, a jarring tone that begs to be resolved with a rounder, more stable note combo.
It plays single, arrhythmic, unison-drone notes that last for a long time — up to a half-minute, say — and then change.
The mixtures of two sources are composed by instruments playing in unison (same note), and the other mixtures include different octave relations (including unison).
Christina McAnea, head of health at the union Unison, sounded a note of caution about Mr Stevens' appointment.
For the wordless choral accompaniment, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were recorded on a 16-track machine singing "Ah" in unison on 13 separate notes, and holding each note for as long as possible.
