September 29, 2011
Two New Slow Pieces and a New Spotify Album
This month, I've been working on a few slow pieces, a cello and piano piece, Ballade #2 and a duo for 2 cellos. Both pieces are easier to play than my music normally is and are finished and available.
The Ballade is an 8 minute brooding meditation with a few quirky surprises.
Ballade #2 for Cello and Piano - Score
Ballade #2 for Cello and Piano - Cello Part
Ballade #2 for Cello and Piano - Synthesized Realization
The Duo is a phase-shifting slow expansive piece of 6 minutes with dramatic textural variety.
Duo for 2 Cellos - Score
Duo for 2 Cellos - Cello I Part
Duo for 2 Cellos - Cello II Part
Duo for 2 Cellos - Synthesized Realization
A new album of studio recordings, live instrumental performances, electronic pieces and improvisations, Collections Insolites includes Ranae performed by the Calefax Reed Quintet, Par-Dela des Eaux Profondes for Baritone Sax and Digital Media as performed by Katerina Pavlikova, new recordings of my 19ET piano pieces from 2004 and more.
In other news, Duo Ahlert und Schwab will be premiering my big guitar and mandolin piece, Bidon Cinque, November 11th in Bottrop, Germany. And November 18th and 20th, the Hutchins Consort will be premiering, my octet, The Song of R'lyeh in a concert called most Lovecraftianly, The Four Seasons Meet the Old Gods. Concerts will be Saturday, November 19, 7:30 pm, Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla and Sunday, November 20, 3:00 pm, St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach. And JW Turner, who performed my Quarter Dollar Tones for Solo Cello last Thursday night is headed into the studio to record it. It'll be on his new album coming out next year.