composer

Orange Haze

Soprano saxophone : electronic tape
(10 minutes)

First performance: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Recital Hall - Birmingham Conservatoire
Birmingham - England

Naomi Sullivan - soprano saxophone
Joshua Bench - sound projection

The tape part includes of recordings made available by the European Space Agency: a micropohone outside the Huygens probe during descent on to Titan's surface and the audio version of the radar signals.
Also on the tape part are electronically transformed alto saxophone and melodica phrases, played by Naomi Sullivan, and spoken information about Titan - Saturn's moon - also read by Naomi.