“Sound in Space Festival: The Art of Interpretation of Electroacoustic Music” at Fenway Center, Boston continued into the evening Friday, November 18 with “Finalist Concert2.” Hans Tutschku, key festival organizer, welcomed a larger audience on a comic note by reading a printing error, placing spaces in wrong places, that seemed coincidental with the emphasis given space throughout the Festival. All competition finalists’ compositions began to sound much alike, generic electroacoustic compositions relying too much on similar sounds, especially obvious crescendos and diminuendos, harsh unsurprising slashes, groans and drones; more discretion, fewer bombardments, and less insistence on “electroacoustic tempo” would have helped to create lasting power and meaning. The winner will be announced Saturday night at a reception at the Goethe-Institut Boston. [Click title for full review.]
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