orchestral

Written for Alarm Will Sound, amplified sinfonietta and live keyboard sampler for the electronics.

Hasta que no pueda (2023)

Sonata a 4 Mains-Rustique/Poulenc

From as review by Garrett Harris: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/nov/09/classical-sarah-chang-bruch-barry-white/#

A dramatic reading of Sarah Chang + Bruch = Barry White from San Diego Reader

Live performance of the US Premiere of Chen Yi's viola concerto, Xian Shi, with Michael Hall, viola and the Chicago Composers Orchestra. Matthew Kasper, conductor.  Xian Shi is the first viola concerto written by a Chinese composer. 

Chen Yi –  "Xian Shi" Concerto for viola and orchestra. American Premiere

From the new album of Mason Bates' symphonic music with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Released Dec 2015, it features numerous pieces that have never been released before. 
Purchase the album on iTunes (http://apple.co/1NYzF0W), Amazon (http://amzn.to/1NJuHn1), Google Play (http://bit.ly/1RddG6N) or the BMOP site (http://bit.ly/1M68IRF). 

Sea-Blue Circuitry - BMOP (excerpt)

Kick off your zip-up, leather booty slippers and enjoy the latest instalment of Zoon van snooK's (Lo Recordings) Oddtronica™ radio show.
The special guest on 'Tunes For Zoon' is Warp Records' Mira Calix.

So, if you want to hear 2 hours of brand new and forthcoming releases and to find out which tenses not to use non-action verbs with, come on in...

First aired 31/03/16

ZvS links:
www.zoonvansnook.co.uk/
www.facebook.com/Zoon-van-snooK-3…timeline/?ref=mf
twitter.com/Zoon_van_snooK
@zoonvansnook

Mira Calix: http://www.miracalix.com/

1. Slackk 'Pigeons'
2. Ash Koosha 'Biutiful'
3. Cialyn 'Neuromodulation'
4. Ocoeur 'Timeless'
5. David August 'J.B.Y'
6. Jameszoo 'Flake'
7. Throwing Shade 'Underneath My Eyelids'
8. Dollkraut 'Fire' (Invisible Conga People Remix)

'Bring the Nois'
9. BeGun 'Mobasi Pt.2' (Free Download - Soundcloud)

10. Moiré 'Lines + Colours'
11. Recondite 'Warg'
12. Concubine 'Kingfisher'
13. Henri Texier 'Les "Là-Bas"' (Bonobo Remix)

'Tunes For Zoon' w/ special guest: Mira Calix
(x 5 - a surprise, you'll have to listen!!!)

19. Mira Calix 'I May Be Over There (But My Heart is Over Here)'
20. DJ Tennis 'Chirality' (Plaid Remix)
21. Mella Dee 'Deep Soul'


'Left of Field'
22. The Soft Pink Truth 'Awesome'

23. Greed 'Burning'
24. Figure Ground 'Figure Ground 09'
25. Carl Finlow 'Hyperloop'

Zoon van snooK presents: Oddtronica #10 w/special guest: Mira Calix

Music by Tommy Dougherty
Performed by Alarm Will Sound
Live at the Mizzou International Composers Festival, July 25, 2015

Eight World Premieres

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violin, drones & live electronics
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clara kim, violin
daniel silliman, electronics, production
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recorded, mixed & mastered at woolworth studios, princeton, nj

scanner/scrawler

Medeski Martin & Wood and Alarm Will Sound have announced the release of a new collaborative album, 'Omnisphere,' due September 14 via MMW's own imprint, Indirecto Records. The collection poses a compelling question: What would happen if one of the most adventurous groups to emerge in jazz and improvised music in the last three decades were to join up with an orchestra that counts among the boldest forces in contemporary classical? The results are both expected, in the peerless level of the musicianship, and stunning, in the sweeping stylistic range of the program. But more than anything, 'Omnisphere' speaks to the respect and creative kinship shared between these two trailblazing ensembles.

Recorded live at The Newman Center in Denver, Colorado in February 2015, 'Omnisphere' fulfills a long-held aspiration for Medeski, drummer-percussionist Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood. In the earliest days of the band, they would often listen to classical and chamber music as a source of musical inspiration, conceptualizing the idea of how to merge their freewheeling improvisational jazz explorations with the more composed approach of orchestral music.   

The album's seven-track program strikes an ideal balance, with original music by members of both groups, plus new AWS arrangements of two cuts off MMW's 'End of the World Party (Just in Case)'—the title track for which was is the album's first single premiered today at DownBeat (listen and share here). That 2004 release featured the trio's trademark avant-grooves underneath an array of keyboards—including plenty of Mellotron—with pop-savvy production by the Dust Brothers' John King. On these reinventions of "End of the World Party (Just in Case)," arranged by cellist Stefan Freund, and "Anonymous Skulls," arranged by violinist Courtney Orlando, the album's atmospheric replicas of strings and choir are made real through Alarm Will Sound's rich orchestral tapestry. Think of classic soul-jazz-with-strings LPs, though on another plateau of insight and imagination.

Martin's "Coral Sea," given an impressionistic arrangement by founding AWS trumpeter Jason Price, explores "colors and hues and nuance—all these things that are barely there," the composer says. Medeski's offering, "Eye of Ra," is a 20-minute tour-de-force that reflects the panoramic scope of his influences and experience—from shades of Stravinsky and Shostakovich that underscore his training at New England Conservatory, to rollicking, hard-grooving sections that summon up the NYC downtown scene.

The lead-off composition, "Kid Tao Mammal (Unworldliness Weirdo)," was commissioned for the project and written by founding AWS percussionist Payton MacDonald, and it sets the pace for the beyond-genre music to follow: speedy, cresting waves of strings and woodwinds, with startling punches of brass; funky rhythms bolstering Medeski's psychedelic electric piano; an ambient, near-dissonant section split open by Martin's drum solo; a thrilling finale. Other works composed by AWS personnel include multi-instrumentalist Caleb Burhans' "Oh Ye of Little Faith...(Do You Know Where Your Children Are?)," which evokes the gorgeously emotive, slow-burning side of the Minimalists; and Miles Brown's cyclical, noirish "Northern Lights," named in part after the Detroit lounge where the bassist had a regular jazz-trio gig. Onstage, Brown called his contribution "an opportunity for me to write for my band, and for a band that I've been listening to for a long time that I know could handle some improvisation. Just a little bit,” he added, chuckling.

Medeski Martin & Wood w/ Alarm Will Sound's 'Omnisphere' is out September 17, 2018 on limited edition 2-LP vinyl and digital formats.

OMNISPHERE
Track Listing

1. "Kid Tao Mammal (Unworldliness Weirdo)"
2. "Anoymous Skulls"
3. "Coral Sea" 
4. "Oh Ye Of Little Faith... (Do You Know Where Your Children Are?)"
5. "Eye Of Ra"
6. "Northern Lights"
7. "End Of The World Party (Just In Case)"

Medeski Martin & Wood - "End Of The World Party"

A soupy blend of experimental sounds from New York's Eartheater.

For more information and tracklist head here: http://www.factmag.com/2018/10/31/fact-mix-678-eartheater/

FACT Mixes

FACT mix 678 - Eartheater (Oct '18)

for Orchestra (in 4 scenes)

I. We Shall Fight (0:00-5:52)
II. Burgeon of Strength (5:53-9:17)
III. Noble Morn (9:18-14:20)
IV. The March (14:05-19:06)

CHURCHILL'S WAR for Orchestra is the next in my series of works in the realm of music and speech, exploring the inward affect of their shared physical traits (pitch, rhythm, and amplitude). The piece highlights Churchill's stirring vocal performance. Occasionally, orchestral sonorities are combined with processed recordings of Churchill's speech, weaving together sonic textures and illuminations, viscerally re- contextualizing Churchill's oration while revealing connections between melody and text.

DREW SCHNURR (2013)

Churchill's War

"The very model of a modern music chamber band." - The NYTimes

Kangyi has performed on various stages in Singapore, Malaysia and the United States. As a composer, his music are often programmatic and based on personal life and experiences. He also aims to raise public awareness on important historical events. 

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Music Services: http://www.kangyizhang.com/freelance.html
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