Music for Wilderness Lake

Twelve trombonists station themselves around the shore of a wilderness lake. At dawn and dusk, they play meditative music across the water to one another. The quiet and the water allow the sounds to echo back and become part of this piece of wilderness music written by the Canadian composer, R. Murray Schafer. The event, as conceptualized by Schafer, is documented in “Music for Wilderness Lake”. The film shows plans, preparations, and the event itself.

Film Maker
Rhombus Media
Year
1980
Country
Canada
Length
28
Category
art & artists, Earth, Ecology, environment, Sound Art + Music
Genre
documentary

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