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Cantaloupe Music

Michael Gordon: Field of Vision

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Details

Composer
Michael Gordon
Artist
The University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble
Format
CD
Label
Cantaloupe Music
Released
Jun 19, 2026
Catalog #
CA21217
UPC
713746321727

About

Composed by Michael Gordon in 2022, Field of Vision was first presented as a large-scale site-specific work for the Sunken Garden and the surrounding grounds at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, NY. Performed on specially constructed and tuned percussion instruments, industrial metals, wood, and gongs, the piece is meant to produce a complex spectrum of overtones and resonances. The large number of percussionists, and the vast performance field, is meant to highlight a sweeping perspective and the architectural movement of sound. "We want to induce a quasi-meditative, almost ecstatic state - for performer and audience alike - where attention sharpens and dissolves, and thoughts focus and drift," Gordon explains. "In the end, I think the music emerges as an exploration of space itself. Who can tune space? The answer becomes collective: the performers, the instruments, the listeners."

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 Part 1 15:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    Part 1
    Duration
    15:25
    Composer
    Michael Gordon
    Ensemble
    University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble
    Conductor
    Doug Perkins
  2. 2 Part 2 12:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    Part 2
    Duration
    12:21
    Composer
    Michael Gordon
    Ensemble
    University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble
    Conductor
    Doug Perkins
  3. 3 Part 3 08:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    Part 3
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Michael Gordon
    Ensemble
    University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble
    Conductor
    Doug Perkins
  4. 4 Part 4 21:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    Part 4
    Duration
    21:43
    Composer
    Michael Gordon
    Ensemble
    University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble
    Conductor
    Doug Perkins
  5. 5 Field of Vision 57:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    Field of Vision
    Duration
    57:56
    Composer
    Michael Gordon
    Ensemble
    University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble
    Conductor
    Doug Perkins