Study #2 for Vibrabalneoäves

One of two studies for the composer-created vibrabalneoäves, a responsive surface with water. The musique concrète audio consists primarily of manipulations of a reading of Yeats’ poem (below), with some sine tones added.

The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water

I heard the old, old men say,
‘Everything alters,
And one by one we drop away.’
They had hands like claws, and their knees
Were twisted like the old thorn-trees
By the waters.
‘All that’s beautiful drifts away
Like the waters.’

— William Butler Yeats