Michael Gordon – Weather
Soundtrack to the video opera of the same name by Michael Gordon and Elliot Caplan
Weather was commissioned by Ensemble Resonanz in 1997 and was originally conceived as a video opera. At the premiere, the musicians of Ensemble Resonanz sat in a three-story stage structure and were surrounded by loops by the New York video artist Elliot Caplan. After a tour, the work was recorded on CD in a concert version, with the string sound enriched with samples and drumbeats to give it a more haunting and sharp character.