Stretch for compact disc (2000)

by Bruce Christian Bennett

Hear Stretch:  Stretch.mp3 (MP3)

Stretch is a sonic exploration of time stretching. It uses several very short samples of gongs, cymbals, tampura, shakuhachi, beluga whales, etc., and stretches them as much as 164 times their original duration. This creates an extraordinarily rich and dense texture of sound, revealing the vast sonic world contained within sounds that normally pass too quickly to be heard in such detail. The composition unfolds in several waves, creating a large-scale arch form.

Performance History

• 19 April 2000 at the CCRMA Ballroom at Stanford University (Premiere)
• 21 April 2000 at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies in Berkeley
• 25 February 2002, Radio broadcast: Foldover on WOBC 91.5 FM in Oberlin, Ohio
• 18 January—28 February, 2003, Pulse Field Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
• 22 August 2003, Electric Rainbow Festival, Dartmouth College
• 25 April 2004, Faculty Recital, Tulane University
• 1–6 November 2004, ICMC, University of Miami
• 7 November 2004, Radio broadcast: RTQE on WORT 89.9 FM in Madison, Wisconsin
• 8 November 2004, High Voltage, Louisiana State University
• 4 December 2004, Tulane University