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This work takes its name from the Voyager 1 spacecraft launched by NASA in 1977. As it flew past Saturn, Voyager used that planet's gravitational field to propel itself toward deep space, becoming the first human-made object to leave our solar system. Voyager's journey is immense. Traveling about 1,000,000 miles a day, it will take 20,000 years to leave the gravitational field of the Sun. Voyager will then enter deep space and travel for billions of years. At some point during this journey, the Sun will be no more than a charred cinder and human beings may no longer exist. But Voyager will be traveling on. | This work takes its name from the Voyager 1 spacecraft launched by NASA in 1977. As it flew past Saturn, Voyager used that planet's gravitational field to propel itself toward deep space, becoming the first human-made object to leave our solar system. Voyager's journey is immense. Traveling about 1,000,000 miles a day, it will take 20,000 years to leave the gravitational field of the Sun. Voyager will then enter deep space and travel for billions of years. At some point during this journey, the Sun will be no more than a charred cinder and human beings may no longer exist. But Voyager will be traveling on. | ||
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| − | “It truly is a striking work, and I mean that with no pun on its percussive intensity.” | + | Comments: <Br> |
| − | “The percussion bangs and boings, sometimes repetitively in engaging patterns, while the electronic part judiciously articulates long ‘spacey’ sounds, sometimes in glissando as they are sped up and slowed down.” – Joseph Pehrson, New Music Connoisseur | + | “It truly is a striking work, and I mean that with no pun on its percussive intensity.”<br> |
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| + | “The percussion bangs and boings, sometimes repetitively in engaging patterns, while the electronic part judiciously articulates long ‘spacey’ sounds, sometimes in glissando as they are sped up and slowed down.” – Joseph Pehrson, New Music Connoisseur<ref>http://composers.com/composition/voyager-mccandless</ref> | ||
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== Commercial Discography== | == Commercial Discography== | ||
| − | + | [http://richardmccandless.com/audio.html http://richardmccandless.com/audio.html]<ref>"Voyager" (closing section) for one percussionist and electronic | |
| + | playback. Norman Weinberg, percussion</ref> | ||
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| + | "Voyager" for one percussionist and electronic playback. A performance by [[Norman Weinberg]] presented on a program entitled "Beats and Loops," broadcast on 4/25/07 as part of WNYC's "New Sounds" series.<Ref>http://richardmccandless.com/audio.html</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:43, 11 January 2024
General Info
Year: 1999
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: ACA
Cost: Score and Parts - $29.95 two scores and CD for playback
Movements
Instrumentation
Program Notes
This work takes its name from the Voyager 1 spacecraft launched by NASA in 1977. As it flew past Saturn, Voyager used that planet's gravitational field to propel itself toward deep space, becoming the first human-made object to leave our solar system. Voyager's journey is immense. Traveling about 1,000,000 miles a day, it will take 20,000 years to leave the gravitational field of the Sun. Voyager will then enter deep space and travel for billions of years. At some point during this journey, the Sun will be no more than a charred cinder and human beings may no longer exist. But Voyager will be traveling on.
Comments:
“It truly is a striking work, and I mean that with no pun on its percussive intensity.”
“The percussion bangs and boings, sometimes repetitively in engaging patterns, while the electronic part judiciously articulates long ‘spacey’ sounds, sometimes in glissando as they are sped up and slowed down.” – Joseph Pehrson, New Music Connoisseur[1]
Errata
Awards
Commercial Discography
http://richardmccandless.com/audio.html[2]
Recent Performances
"Voyager" for one percussionist and electronic playback. A performance by Norman Weinberg presented on a program entitled "Beats and Loops," broadcast on 4/25/07 as part of WNYC's "New Sounds" series.[3]
To submit a performance please join the TEK Percussion Database
Works for Percussion by this Composer
69th and Broadway - Multiple Percussion
Canyons - Multiple Percussion, Live Electronics
Childhood - Multiple Percussion - Speaking
Contriason - Percussion Nonet
One More Than One - Percussion Duo
Pile Driver - Percussion Quartet
Voyager - Multiple Percussion, Electronics
Additional Resources
References
- ↑ http://composers.com/composition/voyager-mccandless
- ↑ "Voyager" (closing section) for one percussionist and electronic playback. Norman Weinberg, percussion
- ↑ http://richardmccandless.com/audio.html