Scenes from Babel uses recordings of the human voice almost exclusively, exploring the sound material’s potential for the contrasting of a natural (but seemingly artificial), interior, oral space with an artificial (but seemingly natural), exterior, environmental space. The recordings are of the story of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1 – 9) in ten languages and I […]
Chant-cris Notturno/Abschiedslied I Aubade/Abschiedslied II Three Sky Studies, for solo piano, were composed over the course of 2009, with ‘Chant-cris’, a virtuosic scattering of notes inspired by birdsong and Elliott Carter’s Caténaires, acting as a kind of short prelude to the second and third movements, which were written with pianist friends in mind. The first […]
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Two new piano studies written as part of my Masters course will be workshopped alongside those of other Masters students by Richard Casey, winner of the British Contemporary Piano Competition and founder-member of contemporary music ensemble Psappha, on Monday 14 December. The studies explore aspects of time and harmony, demanding traditional virtuosity of speed and […]
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Written in June Notturno/Abschiedslied I, for solo piano, was premiered by Olivia Jageurs on 26 November as part of the New Music North West Festival (23−27 November) in a Vaganza concert celebrating Peter Maxwell Davies’s new role as patron of Manchester University Music Society. Listings: Facebook / Official page / Full festival schedule Poster (PDF, 124kb)
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Books of Moses, a stereo acousmatic work written last year at the NOVARS Research Centre, received its public premiere at the MANTIS Festival this autumn in a concert including works by Alexis Guneratne, Richard Scott, Mark Pilkington and Diana Simpson. The weekend festival featured curated concerts from guest composers Denis Smalley and Theodore Lotis alongside […]