Extract from Ambrose Field: "Transmission Cycle" (2014), dur 40 min, for Tenor and Strings.Recorded live here at the Jazz.ro Bucharest Jazz in Church Festival, 2014. John Potter (tenor), with young string players from the Bucharest Academy of Music. [This is recorded on a simple handheld device - I'm wishing now we'd brought better equipment].  Funds from this performance were donated to Copii in dificultate, Romanian Children's chairty. http://www.cid.org.ro/en/about-us

Ambrose Field: Transmission Cycle (2014) live in Bucharest, feat. John Potter (tenor)

This is a piece specifically written for a 500 year old building which doesn't exist today - St Mary's Abbey, York. It had an 11 second reverb time! Architexture 2 exploits this unique space an integral part of the composition. Singers and reverb are amplified.

Architexture II - END (Preview from rehearsal with virtual acoustics) Ebor Singers, dir.Paul Gameson

"Je Me Complains (live)". Tenor Voice and Electronics, featuring John Potter (tenor), recorded on tour at Parco della Musica, Rome,  26.02.2011. New music, based on original song fragments by Guillaume Dufay (1397 - 1474). Recorded from the back of the Auditorium. 

AmbroseField: Live at Parco della Musica, Rome, perf. John Potter (tenor)

Quantaform III for Solo Flute, with acoustic resonance. Performed by Jos Zwaanenburg. In the Quantaform series cycle, the acoustic response is designed to work in tandem with the pitch material of the pieces. This movement uses delicate timbres (air sounds, pitch bends) to 'provoke' the added acoustic.

Quantaform III for Solo Flute, from Quantaform Series I-XX (2012), perf. Jos Zwaanenburg

Part of the Quantaform Series I-XX of Contemporary solo Flute Pieces. Performed by Jos Zwaanenburg, May 2012. This movement is a demanding work which asks the flautist to perform notes with 'backwards attacks' (as if a tape were played backwards), and make subtle transitions at speed between pitch and noise whilst keeping tightly to a relentless groove.

Quantaform XVI for Solo Flute, perf. Jos Zwaanenburg

Architexture 1, (2012) for 10 voices, one to a part. 22 mins dur. 
Extract 2. The Ebor Singers, directed by Paul Gameson.19/09/2012. Modern vocal composition exploring new polyphonic methods. The construction of the piece is linked to the architecture of the performance venue.

Ambrose Field Architexture1 (extract 2) for 10 voices. Ebor Singers, dir. Paul Gameson

Architexture 1, (2012) for 10 voices, one to a part. 22 mins dur. 
Extract 1. The Ebor Singers, directed by Paul Gameson.19/09/2012. Modern vocal composition exploring new polyphonic methods. The construction of the piece is linked to the architecture of the performance venue.

Ambrose Field: Architexture1 (extract 1) for 10 voices. Ebor Singers, dir. Paul Gameson.

Outdoor Live Performance documentation recording of Architexture II, European Research Night, Sept 2015. See https://ambrosefield.github.io/research/architexture2/ for details.

Ambrose Field: Architexture1 (extract 1) for 10 voices. Ebor Singers, dir. Paul Gameson.

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