Name: Shoegazing demo by Adam Cullen
Duration: 38 s
Description: Found this on the hard drive. A while ago I was asked to do something in the style of some shoegazing rock, so I wrote something about my son kicking away in his cot.

Premiered at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival in July 2013 and conducted by Nicholas Photinos.

Stuck In This Spiral Of Corners

This is a short Christmas choral work, which I wrote in 2011. The text is by John Bowring (1792-1872). It is performed here by Cantairí Avondale, directed by Ruaidhrí Ó Dáiligh.

Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night

year of production 2008/2013

dedicated to my mother Harriet Staern Cronström;

commissioned by Helsingborgs Symphony Orchestra

awards recommended works among top-ten composers of 
International Rostrum of Composers 2014

duration 30‘ 

first performance 
April 6th 2014
Anna Larsson, alto
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom, conductor

Nattens djupa violoncell
Nattens djupa violoncell
slungar sitt mörka jubel ut över vidderna.
Tingens töckenbilder löser sin form
                i floder av kosmiskt ljus.
Dyningar, lysande långa,
sköljer i våg på våg genom nattblå evighet.
Du!  Du!  Du!
Förklarade lätta materia, rytmens blommande skum,
svävande, svindlande drömmars dröm,
                bländvit!
En mås är jag, och på vilande sträckta vingar
dricker jag havssalt salighet
                långt östan om allt jag vet,
                långt västan om allt jag vill,
och rör vid världens hjärta --
bländvitt!

Sånger om bländvit kärlek: 5 Nattens Djupa Violoncell

year of production 2008/2013

dedicated to my mother Harriet Staern Cronström;

commissioned by Helsingborgs Symphony Orchestra

awards recommended works among top-ten composers of 
International Rostrum of Composers 2014

duration 30‘ 

first performance 
April 6th 2014
Anna Larsson, alto
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom, conductor

Ängslan
Svek, svek --
annat var aldrig mitt liv.
All min skam,
penna, stackare, skriv.
Skriv om vägar långt, långt
bort från mitt sanna,
skriv om en mur kring allt som var bäst...
Nej, stanna.

Outredda mörkers hot
fyller mitt sinn.
Åskdiger knoppningstid
än är min.
Jag vill vara stilla,
bida och se,
vänta på solen,
sakta le.

Vad sker i mörkret,
medan jag ler?
Dör min själ?
Hittar jag hem ej mer?
Gud, Gud, behåll
en glimt allen
av mitt allvar
ren, ren!

Sånger om bländvit kärlek: 4 Ängslan

Recorded at Radio Varna! 
Grazie a Federico Truzzi per il mix https://soundcloud.com/belphagor667


Cambio de humor

Cambio de Humor

Urgency

Performed by the C4 Ensemble in Manhattan 01/12/18

Thomas Devin Reilly (1823-1854) was a journalist born in Monaghan and trained at Trinity College, Dublin. As a member of the Young Irelanders, a political and social movement for Irish nationalism, he was involved in the failed Famine Rebellion of 1848. He was forced to flee to Fermanagh, and then eventually sought refuge in the United States, from which he never returned. The text of this piece is taken from the letter Reilly wrote to his friend John Kelly, shortly after his exile began. In the letter, he expresses his home-sickness, his solitude and disillusionment in the ‘land of liberty’, and also reflects on the dangers of emigration.

I have selected text from the letter relating to three of Reilly’s experiences: his reflection on his experience in America, his account of the turbulent storms encountered on his voyage, and finally his nostalgic reminiscence of the day he left. These are tied together by his refrain ‘Dear John’. By using this phrase, the piece plays slightly on the idea of a ‘Dear John’ letter; a correspondence where an intimate relationship is severed (in this case by necessity rather than infidelity). The connection broken here however is not between lovers, but between a man and his home-country: the Ireland Reilly longs for. The eloquent description Reilly writes of his migrant experience is powerful, poignant, and resonates with the experiences of many in our world today.

Premieres II

A Slave in the Land of Liberty - SSAATTBB Choir, C4 Ensemble NYC Premiere

Found this on the hard drive. A while ago I was asked to do something in the style of some shoegazing rock, so I wrote something about my son kicking away in his cot.

Shoegazing demo

Piano Trio I is an exercise in writing instinctively; a calculated attempt at not calculating. The two movement work was composed without any pre-existing formal plan. This first movement, in
particular, reflects this playful approach.

Performance by the Avalon Trio in the Hugh Lane Gallery.
16/12/12

Ioana Petcu-Colan, Violin
Gerald Peregrine, Cello
Michael McHale, Piano

Piano Trio I - Peter Leavy

I am a classically trained composer writing for media and live ensembles. 
www.adamcullen.ie
Email: adamcullenmusic@gmail.com

Shoegazing demo

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