For guitar and electronics

Studio recording made by Tom Torrisi in Bristol, 2015

Nocturne

Percussion quartet playing only metal instruments.

Performed by the Eastman Percussion Quartet (Brant Blackard, Chris Demtriou, Connor Stevens, Sam Um).
Live performance from the Kilbourne Hall, Rochester, New York, 2014.

Three Rituals On Metal Extract (mid movt. II - end)

This piece (for small female choir and solo soprano) was originally written in 2011 and revised in 2016. The piece was written for an un-auditioned choir who specialised in singing early chant... they openly admitted their fear of new music. I made it my challenge to convince them that they could sing (and enjoy singing) 'scary', new music.
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My thanks go to Bethan Waters and Cora Bethke, both sopranos helped shape the piece enormously.

​Extract from programme note:
"Directly inspired by 12th Century chant from Aquitaine, much of the material is based on the striking melismatic flourishes in the original chant manuscript. Its structure makes a feature of the long silences between phrases that in traditional performance practice were intended as periods of reflection upon the words being sung. The virtuosic solo part elaborates on the melody of the chant while the choir extends the textural implications of the medieval polyphony."

Noster Cetus Extract 2 - 5

This playlist contains the music for my application to the Adopt a Composer Scheme 2019.
I (really) hope you enjoy listening!

III ImpressionsReflectionsBrushStrokes

Arthur is a composer of new concert music based in Bristol, U.K.
https://linktr.ee/arthurkeeganmusic

Arthur Keegan Music