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San Antone

#300
August 15, 2013, 04:06:08 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/fUFvPr52hAY

Chaya Czernowin

Maim, a major piece in Ms. Czernowin's œuvre, is a large scale, 50-minute orchestral tryptch with 5 soloists. The 5 soloists are include regular interpreters of her music: Rico Gubler, tubax (a hybrid of a saxophone & tuba); Peter Veale, oboe & musette; John Mark Harris, piano & harpsichord; Seth Josel, guitars; Mary Oliver, viola.

Maim, "water" in Hebrew, is the metaphor which dominates the piece. Elementary forms of water appear throughout Maim, musically translated. Scattered droplets — articulated as points — close Maim zarim, maim gnuvim; the same droplets begin Mei Mecha'a, but this time, perhaps, condensed. Condensation, indeed, is meant in almost a literal sense here: where at the end of Maim zarim, maim gnuvim these are truly heard as liquid points, in their re-articulation at the beginning of Mei Mecha'a, they are in a state between that and one seemingly gaseous, or at least cloud-like, even if whether vapor is condensing into liquid, or vice versa, remains unclear. Those same points begin to crystallize into solid form in their rapid, meccanico repetition, which dominates the centre of The Memory of Water. But this is not a romantic tone poem. The motion between its states follows a logic which is anything but that of water itself.

Maim springs from the thought that only a small part of human communication lies in words. Most comes through gestures, timbre, tempo, and the world's great problems result from the overvaluation of words. Influenced by the huge media coverage of the Middle East, Chaya Czernowin has composed a sensitive piece which sounds out the possibilities of music against the background of a newly understood communication.

Following its Berlin premier in March 2007 at the prestigious MaerzMusik Festival, the critic John Warnaby said: "..."Maim" is probably her finest achievement to date. ...the product of a remarkable sonic imagination. The solo instrumental quintet and 'live' electronics create a delicate tapestry of sound, but equally the orchestra is deployed with considerable power when necessary."

modUltralaser

#301
August 15, 2013, 06:41:27 PM
Just great stuff. Best thread, in regards to music, on this forum.

Koka Nikoladze's Starshine:

First, an interesting trio of guitar, violin, and percussionist (rather multi-instrumentalist). Good use of extended techniques intermingled with melodious music. Some really good harmonies and tones. Lovely balancing between the three. The percussion was especially exceptional. The sounds created were right up my alley. This is definitely something for the more experimental crowd.

Ursula Mamlok's Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7yqaL24tXU

A piece that sounds informed by Schoenberg's camp. The oboe part seems quite virtuoistic. Light, bright, and airy with some very cool percussion interplay. A lot of passing around notes amongst the players makes for a very enjoyable affair all around. Not very traditional, but come one, give it a shot, it's the oboe.   

San Antone

#302
August 15, 2013, 06:56:09 PM
Quote from: Philo (Artist formerly known as) on August 15, 2013, 06:41:27 PM
Just great stuff. Best thread, in regards to music, on this forum.

Koka Nikoladze's Starshine:

First, an interesting trio of guitar, violin, and percussionist (rather multi-instrumentalist). Good use of extended techniques intermingled with melodious music. Some really good harmonies and tones. Lovely balancing between the three. The percussion was especially exceptional. The sounds created were right up my alley. This is definitely something for the more experimental crowd.

Ursula Mamlok's Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7yqaL24tXU

A piece that sounds informed by Schoenberg's camp. The oboe part seems quite virtuoistic. Light, bright, and airy with some very cool percussion interplay. A lot of passing around notes amongst the players makes for a very enjoyable affair all around. Not very traditional, but come one, give it a shot, it's the oboe.

Here's the first clip - very nice, btw

https://www.youtube.com/v/MbWnFfSziME

San Antone

#303
August 16, 2013, 04:52:30 AM
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Ian Vine

Ian Vine studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Anthony Gilbert and, later, privately with Simon Holt. Between 1999 and 2004 he was Tutor in Electro-Acoustic Music at the RNCM, and also taught for a time at The University of Manchester. From 2002-2007 he was a participant in the inaugural Blue Touch Paper scheme with the London Sinfonietta, producing three works for the ensemble.

San Antone

#304
August 16, 2013, 05:04:57 AM
https://www.youtube.com/v/imtNF6ftsdM

Jennifer Walshe

"The sounds I am interested in include those that we hear all the time but are normally considered flawed or redundant: twigs snapping in a burning fire, paper tearing, breathing, instrumental sounds that aren't considered 'beautiful' in standard terms. I think these sounds have their own beauty in the way that pebbles on a beach or graffiti can have."

San Antone

#305
August 16, 2013, 05:23:42 AM Last Edit: August 25, 2013, 06:37:44 AM by sanantonio
Panayiotis Kokoras

Crama [fl cl pno vln vla vc]

Panayiotis Kokoras studied composition with Yannis Ioannides, Henri Kergomard, and classical guitar with Evangelos Asimakopoulos in Athens, Greece. In 1999 he moved to England for postgraduate study at the University of York where he completed his MA and PhD in composition with Tony Myatt. His works have been commissioned by institutes and festivals such as the Fromm Music Foundation (Harvard), IRCAM (France), MATA (New York), Gaudeamus (Netherlands), ZKM (Germany), IMEB (France), Siemens Musikstiftung (Germany) and have been performed in over 400 concerts around the world. His compositions have received 51 distinctions and prizes in international competitions, and have been selected by juries in more than 130 international calls for scores. He is founding member of the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association (HELMCA) and from 2004 to 2012 he was board member and president. Kokoras' sound compositions develop functional classification and matching sound systems written on what he calls Holophonic Musical Texture. As an educator, Kokoras has taught at the Technological and Educational Institute of Crete, and, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Since fall 2012 he has been appointed Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas.

San Antone

#306
August 16, 2013, 07:26:12 AM
Christophe BERTRAND (1981-2010).

After obtaining first prizes in piano and chamber music at the Strasbourg National Conservatory (C.N.R.) (where he studied with Laurent CABASSO, Michèle RENOUL, Armand ANGSTER), he performs and records with Ensemble Accroche Note ou l'Ensemble In Extremis (which he co-founded). With them, he collaborated with composers such as Ivan FEDELE, Pascal DUSAPIN, Michael JARRELL, Mark ANDRE, Wolfgang RIHM, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/v/mvqwNXJJjU4

San Antone

#309
August 18, 2013, 05:56:14 PM

San Antone

#311
August 19, 2013, 06:33:29 AM
A piece for prepared piano, NOT by John Cage ~ Lyric Suite (2008) by Kathryn Woodard

http://www.youtube.com/v/ez2wT7V2fVA

Kathryn Woodard

San Antone

#313
August 20, 2013, 04:37:18 AM
Luca Belcastro

https://www.youtube.com/v/ssAxPcBQCtU

... as in a dream - (2005) ... 11' 00"
voice, alto flute and 5 players (bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano)

(from "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare)

San Antone

#314
August 20, 2013, 07:41:47 AM
Alfio Fazio

http://www.youtube.com/v/vb4BIWsfsdE

Sonata, vibraphone, marimba, (2006)

modUltralaser

#315
August 20, 2013, 08:25:04 PM
Erling Wold's Uksus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_5XRBgJiVM

Classified as a quasi neo-buffa chamber opera. That seems fitting enough. The music is interesting and definitely gives off a comic vibe. The singers/actors are pretty fantastic, as well, and they play well with the stage and set. Being chamber it's quite parsed down, and I'd compare the music and style as a combination of expressionism, Offenbach, and Berg.
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