Arvo PART

POSTLUDE XV (2022)

Solo organ piece conceived for large spaces with generous acoustics. The main body of music is built from broad, majestic chordal 'mantras' and has a richly ceremonial and ritualistic feel. It was premièred at Ripon Cathedral, England, in September 2023.

The piece also exists in an alternative transposed version with fixed media electronics.

OMEGA (2023)

The Singers - Matthew Culloton, conductor
Recorded Live at the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis MN


5. Veni Sancte Spiritus (from Berliner Messe)

4. Alleluiavers #2 (from Berliner Messe)

3. Alleluiavers 1 (from Berliner Messe)

2. Gloria (from Berliner Messe)

1. Kyrie (from Berliner Messe)

Originally heard as a solo electronic 'work in progress' at a Scottish Arts Trust concert in May 2023, "Celestial Objects II" was re-drafted and finalised with a significant organ part made for Lauren Redhead & Alistair Zaldua to perform in a concert during their residency at the 2023 Festival Registri in Venice. Here is their performance on 27 October 2023 featuring the 1745 Nachini organ in the Chiesa Isola di San Servolo.

The electronic part is punctuated by a 'phaser choir' singing short sequences of chords around a powerful 64' reed drone, over which the organ delivers slow-spreading clusters of light.

The piece has been performed many times subsequently in Europe and the UK by other artists and was broadcast on Spanish National Radio in December 2024.

https://laurenredhead.eu/post/Festival-Registri-2023-residency
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/tercera-via/intersecciones-031224/16356431/

CELESTIAL OBJECTS II (2023) (Live performance Lauren Redhead & Alistair Zaldua)

ORACLE (2024) for organ & electronics
by Luiz Henrique Yudo & Michael Bonaventure

'ORACLE' came about because Luiz and I decided to create together something that has a certain 'out there' vibe and to make both oblique and direct references to topical issues. The organ part that Luiz made is based entirely on the binary coding system and follows a path of ascension while my tape part illustrates another, perhaps, contrary path...

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SONORITY CABINET VIII - the SECRET CABINET
Grote Kerk, Oosthuizen, The Netherlands
10 OCT 2024 (world première)

Michael Bonaventure, organ & electronics

ORACLE (2024) (Yudo & Bonaventure)

Composed for Huw Morgan's "Mainly Slow Organ Music" project in Bristol UK and first performed by him in March 2024.

"DISSENTERS" album available on Bandcamp -
https://michaelbonaventure.bandcamp.com/album/dissenters

DISSENTERS - part 2: THE PROJECT (2023/25)

Composed for Huw Morgan's "Mainly Slow Organ Music" project in Bristol UK and first performed by him in March 2024.

DISSENTERS - part 1:THE STATION (2023)

Performance given by Huw Morgan on 5 October 2024 in "mainly slow organ music" #35, St. John-on-the-Wall, Bristol, UK.

CELESTIAL OBJECTS II (Mainly Slow Organ Music, Bristol, October 2024)

Berliner Messe (or Berlin Mass) is a mass setting by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. It was originally written for SATB soloists and organ in 1990, and was later revised for chorus and strings.  The piece uses Pärt's tintinnabuli technique, while at the same time following in form standard mass settings.  It was intended for Pentecost, because of the Alleluias and setting of "Veni Sancte Spiritus", though Pärt has also set two Alleluia verses to permit the work to be used at Christmas.

Sanctus
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
Hosanna in excelsis.

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Hosanna in excelsis.

Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi
dona nobis pacem.


Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God of hosts
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.


Lamb of God, you who take away the sins
of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you who take away the sins
of the world, grant us peace.

Arvo Part - Berliner Messe - Sanctus & Benedictus & Agnus Dei

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