Javaari has been performed in Bangor, Birmingham, Brussels, Goms, London, Manchester, Mount Lawley, New York City, Salford, Sheffield, Tokyo, Troy and Visby…
Javaari is the term given to the bridge of the sitar where the melodic and sympathetic strings run and create the sound. The term also refers to the unique buzzing tone produced by the sitar. This piece explores these fascinating timbres originating from this instrument and pays particular attention to the beautiful pitch bends that arch over and under like vocal melismas. The work is structured into four episodes, each exploring a different intensity of explicit cultural sound use — often the sitar material is in the fore and sometimes it recedes or pokes through intermittently.
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Javaari was realized at the Visby International Centre for Composers (VICC, Sweden) and at Liverpool Hope University (England, UK). This acousmatic work is the first in a series of pieces composed in collaboration with Milapfest based at Liverpool Hope University. The yearlong project aims to examine the translation and transference of cultural sound to electroacoustic music and is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Many thanks go to Roopa Panesar (sitar), Kousic Sen (tabla), Raaheel Husain (sitar), Kiruthika Nadarajah (violin), Senthan Nadarajah (mridangam), Kaviraj Singh (santoor), Upneet Singh (tabla), and Rohan Kapadia (tabla).
Date | Work | Programme |
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November 21, 2017 | Manuella Blackburn, Javaari (2012-13), 10:19 [Excerpt] | Klangwelten / Eldoradio (Germany) |
December 3, 2017 | Manuella Blackburn, Javaari (2012-13), 10:19 | Avaruusromua / Yle Radio 1 (Finland) |
January 1, 2018 | Manuella Blackburn, Javaari (2012-13), 10:19 | Acoustic Frontiers / CKCU 93.1 FM (Canada) |
January 10, 2018 | Manuella Blackburn, Javaari (2012-13), 10:19 [3m50s] | Zeit-Ton: Rückblick, Vorschau und aktuelle Veröffentlichungen / ÖRF Radio Österreich 1 (Austria) |
January 23, 2018 | Manuella Blackburn, Javaari (2012-13), 10:19 | Late Night Lab / Radio Klara (Belgium) |
April 6, 2018 | Manuella Blackburn, Javaari (2012-13), 10:19 | The Sound Projector Radio Show / Resonance 104.4 FM (UK) |
March 16, 2021 | Manuella Blackburn, Javaari (2012-13), 10:19 [Excerpt] | The Langham Research Centre Show / Resonance 104.4 FM (UK) |