February 06, 2010
New Piece - Par-Delà des Eaux Profondes for Baritone Sax and Electronics
I've just finished a new piece for baritone saxophone and electronics called Par-Delà des Eaux Profondes. It's totally nuts psycho-classicism, quartertones galore and harsh Led Zep/prog-rock climaxes. The piece was written for the Czech sax player, Kateřina Pavlíková and she plans on touring with it in a video/interactive graphics setting created by her visual artist husband. I'm definitely going to be cutting a bit here and there and polishing up the mix but this is pretty much how it's going to sound.
Par-Delà des Eaux Profondes for Baritone Sax and Electronics - Realization
I recently contributed a track and helped promote a great project to help the folks of Haiti in their time of crisis, New Music Haitian Relief. The short electronic piece I created was called For Erzulie Dantor and you can preview it here. It's a great project and we've already raised close to a thousand dollars so please consider picking it up if you like the track(s).
Composer and Pianist Aron Kallay has informed me he'll be premiering my 3rd Piano Prelude in 19-ET at MicroFest 2010 in Los Angeles on April 24th. This will be the first time one of my microtonal compositions has ever been played live!
Piano Prelude #3 in 19-ET
Piano Prelude #3 in 19-ET - Score
I'm currently in the process of writing a big new septet for the Brazilian group, Sphaera and it's conductor, Alexey Kurkdijan. It'll be scored for flute, clarinet, strinq quartet and bass and will likely be premiered at Festival Musica Nova 2010 (New Music Festival 2010) in Sao Paolo!
Also, new piano nocturnes are on their way and I've been proofing the scores of the first 5. I'll be uploading final scores for these works shortly. Duo Ahlert & Schwab are in the process of preparing for the premiere and recording of Bidon Cinque for Mandolin and Guitar. We're looking into the possibility of a CD of all 4 of the pieces I've written for this outstanding ensemble, Erg, Cassotis, Indigo Trails and Bidon Cinque.
Posted by jeff at February 6, 2010 01:09 PM