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Elainie Lillios - After Long Drought

After Long Drought (2016) for vibraphone and electronics by Elainie Lillios H2O: Hoi Tong Keung DMA Recital I Walter Hall, University of Toronto | June 2, 2022 Audio recording and mixing: Fish Yu - Inspired by Wally Swist’s poem of the same title, electroacoustic composer Elainie Lillios composed After Long Drought for vibraphone and live, interactive electroacoustics in 2016. She expands the timbral capabilities of the vibraphone through simple vibraphone preparations, as well as through the use of both standard and non-traditional mallets. Moreover, the interactive electroacoustics, which includes pre-recorded sounds and pitch alteration, transform the vibraphone into a “meta” instrument. “After Long Drought” by Wally Swist The sky rips open after days of grinding heat, waves of meadow grass shift in the blowing rain, and Lloating on the breadth of its extended wings, as bright as a vision, the great blue heron strokes through the storm. “The percussionist’s virtuosic foray through Swist’s evocative work conjures images of an aggressive summer squall, with its torrential driving rain and gusting wind reflecting life’s unpredictability and tumult.” —Elainie Lillios After Long Drought begins with a storm—a series of jarring, dissonant chords combined with recorded thunders and heavy rain. As the poem moves onto describing the meadow grass, the music becomes dreamy through a layer of sizzling cluster in the low register and live-processed sounds triggered by the strikes in the higher register. While inserting sporadic hints of the storm, the music mostly retains its quietness while transitioning from the swaying grass to the great blue heron. Lillios portrays the bird in two ways—she utilizes threaded wooden dowel rods to imitate the bird calls and incorporates glissandos to depict its Llying motion. The piece ends as the great blue heron Llies out of sight.