for any saxophone

performer: Allison Balcetis
sound engineers: Zack Miley, Alejandro Goldstein

03. The Crowning With Thorns

for tenor saxophone (with or without electronics)

performer: Allison Balcetis
sound engineers: Zack Miley, Alejandro Goldstein



01. The Agony In The Garden

for baritone or bass saxophone

performer: Allison Balcetis
sound engineers: Zack Miley, Alejandro Goldstein

02. The Scourging At The Pillar

Allison Balcetis, bass saxophone
Nicolás Arnáez, recording engineer

March 22, 2014 - 'Now Hear This' Festival 
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Edmonton, Canada

Etude II, The Scourging At The Pillar - André Mestre

Wooden String (2014)

Piece for solo flute and live electronics

Performed by Cheng-Yu Wu

Lovesong (2018)

for two saxophones and brain wave electronics.

performed by Allison Balcetis (soprano) and Manu Falleiros (alto) at Sala FUNDEC, Sorocaba, Brazil. Aug 13, 2014.

PS. audio has been restored, resulting in loss of fidelity.

The Road Not Taken - André Mestre (Saxofonismos I)

Ensemble: JACK Quartet
November 18, 2015
Center for New Music
Tsai Performance Center, Boston University

Program notes:
Corpo Confesso is part of a larger group of pieces, all of them carrying the word corpo (from portuguese, "body"). Overall, these works seek to synthesize, from the authors' perspective, two of ways in which one can look at acoustic ensembles: both through their sheer physical reality and through the referential corpus we inherit from their literature.
Intimate in character, Corpo Confesso invites the listener to closely experience a multitude of instrumental surfaces. These glances are made possible through a plethora of performative techniques that also draw attention to the intense choreography intrinsic to the stage. The piece alternates more or less self contained windows of material, all of which cast a different light in the quartet's expressive potential.

Video:
https://youtu.be/YRo8LZiHOq0

Image:
Arman (1928- 2005) - Untitled, 1972
Broken cello in Plexiglas (162 × 132 × 19 cm)

Corpo Confesso (2014-15)

Performed by the Wellesley Composers Conference Ensemble:

James Baker, director;
Barry Crawford, flute;
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet;
Matthew Gold, Mike Truesdall, percussion;
Yuri Namkung, Anna Lim, Adda Kridler, Miranda Cuckson, violin;
Liuh-Wen Ting, Louise Schulman, viola;
Chris Gross, Joshua Gordon, cello.

Anthony DiBartolo, recording engineer.


Program Note

Vigília [Vigil], for large ensemble, is a piece to be watched over. As a sonic object, it is immediately shown in full, only to be taken away—muted, filtered, and broken down into its most basic constituent parts. As the piece wanders silently that initial moment remains present as a promise and an invitation to stay with the work, to listen closely as it strives to heal. Meanwhile, the ear is sensitized to a world of delicate building blocks: movement, friction, and materials.


Vigília

This work, for soprano saxophone and eeg electronics deals with issues of performance and memory. While the performer has his/hers brain waves monitored, the very performative effort triggers interjecting memories that are constantly being stored by the electronics. 

Premiere by Wallace Halladay 
@ Gallery 345, Toronto, as part of the Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop

Electronics:
- MAX MSP
- Neurosky's MindWave

Mind Over Matter - André Mestre

Work for two clarinetists and electronics 

David Angelo, clarinet
Shannon Leigh, clarinet
Wee Kiat Chia, prerecorded voice
Murat Çolak, mixing and mastering

The work was recorded at the Ugly Duck Studios in Boston

A Negative Of Knowledge

André Mestre is a Brazilian composer, sound artist, and educational researcher based in Norway. His artistic works are generally conceived for small instrumental configurations augmented by electronic media, new musical interfaces, or immersive installation environments.

André Mestre

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