April 24, 2010
New 2nd Tango for Cello and Piano, Microfest 2010 Premiere in LA, and Video from Prague
I've just finished a 2nd tango for cello and piano and frankly, it's one of my best pieces yet, of any type. It's got a fluidity of motion, which combined with a violent dramatic competition between the two instruments informed by the form of the tango itself, produces something I haven't achieved very often in my music in such a short piece. I've already got a number of cellists interested in performing the piece!
Tango #2 for Cello and Piano - Synthesized Realization
Tango #2 for Cello and Piano - Cello Part
Tango #2 for Cello and Piano - Score
Tonight is the premiere of my 3rd Piano Prelude in 19ET at the Quartertuned concert by experimental pianist Aron Kallay for Microfest 2010 in Los Angeles. Here's an interview with Aron by John Schneider on KPXK where he performs a section of the work and talks about the concert in general. Steve Layton at Sequenza21.com was nice enough to put together a little profile about the concert and my music.
Piano Prelude #3 in 19ET - Synthesized Realization
Piano Prelude #3 in 19ET - Score
Kateřina Pavlíková premiered my piece for baritone sax and electronics Par-Delà des Eaux Profondes last week outside of Prague in a preview concert with video and graphics by her husband, visual artist, Vít Vavřinec Pavlík. Local TV there put together a profile of the preview concert and Pavlik. It's in Czech, but you can hear my piece throughout the video. I could only get it to play on my Vista laptop. Video Profile of Vít Vavřinec Pavlík and Kateřina's performance
Currently in the works is a big piece for 2 pianos in 19ET. My plan is to have it playable either as one performer and a recording (either created earlier or supplied by me) or by 2 performers live. I'm also writing a tango for viola and piano. Also, if you downloaded my new electronic piece, For Erzulie Dantor last week, please do so again. I idiotically put up the wrong file; that was a sketch! Here's a little YouTube video I made of the piece. I'm currently learning various software-based video production systems that I can use to make more than slideshows for my music.