Name: Plany d'Antígona [2018] for chamber orchestra by Carlos de Castellarnau
Duration: 10 min 23 s
Description: Slovenia RTV Orchestra. Steven Loy, conductor

Wow, that control in the beating frequencies!

Klangforum Wien
Ilan Volkov, conductor
Donaueschinger Musiktage 2018

Case White

Sturnus vulgaris cohibitus (2020) for piano & transducers inside the piano. 
Performed by Marco Riccelli (der/gelbe/klang). Recorded by Asparuh Tashev at Villa Waldberta 17.06.2022.
The impact of the lockdown on nature was pronounced, as people were confined at home, animals began to feel freer in cities, pollution and noise levels decreased and birdsong became more audible. Confined at home, I began to watch starling flocks in my garden and listen to their (by my first-impression) non melodic songs. I wanted to capture their voices, turning them into a virtual instrument.
Composition Sturnus vulgaris cohibitus reflects on the idea of confinement. Piano part has a developed rhythmical language and is treated as a percussion instrument with prepared strings inside the big resonating box. Tiny speakers inside the piano play the brief starling calls which have a timbre function, creating a reverb and later a delay of a played instrument. Expanding its register the piece progresses keeping the dependency between piano and tape while symbolising a bird trapped between the strings, only making sound when struck by piano hammers but still hoping to break free.
Virtual instrument patch created by Kristijonas Naslenas.

Sturnus vulgaris cohibitus

Recording from the premiere of the piece as part of the BRANDNEU festival in July 2022 in the St. Martins church in Kassel.
Laszlo Fassang – organ.

Commissioned by Kulturplattform St. Martin e. V. with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.

The organ is an instrument that first impresses with its majestic appearance, its material. It is a sophisticated and complex body (the instrument itself) inside a specific and predetermined space (the body of the building). But similar to a human body, the organ needs air in order to create a new quality. A quality that sounds through the space giving structure to the relationship between frequencies and time. A body that breathes and invites the listener to be a part of it. Sharing its air in an ephemeral moment.

During the time I was writing this piece, the need of air, regarding the outside world, was very present. It is even more now. The iconic phrase from the dystopian film Total Recall became an urgent appeal: “Give these people air”!

Air (give These People Some) (2022)

«Mimma’amaqim» (Out of the depths)

Premiere: Stadtcasino Basel – Musiksaal, January 25, 2024
10th Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival Basel
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Basler Madrigalisten
Tito Ceccherini, conductor
Recorded by SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen)

This Psalm is a cry, a call out for help, for being heard by God.
It is often described as a canticle of gradual ascent (Shir Hama’a lot). This ascent could be understood as a rise from the abyss to redemption.
I believe this Psalm could resonate with many, even non-believers, as it shows a universal and tragic part of human life and human nature. That is the experience of grief, depression, abuse, solitude or simply being in a place so dark that leads to despair.
But it also sends a message of light, optimism, and hope, through the conviction that one will be heard.
Even inf it comes from the Hebrew tradition it shows universal values that can be embraced by many cultures and promote tolerance and acceptance. In fact, this psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.
In this sense, during the piece the text follows a chronological use and adaptation throughout the Judaism and the different versions of Christianism: Latin: 530, Rule of Saint Benedict; German: Martin Luther Hymns, 1524, al and eventually the English: King James Version from 1610

Miamma'amaqim

http://www.stefanogervasoni.net/index.asp?page=catalogue&id=71&cat=orchestra

for: cello and symphonic orchestra
detailed instrumentation: solo cello, 3.3.3.3./4.3.3.1./perc. I.II.III.IV./ harp, strings (14.12.10.8.6.)
duration: 17'
commission: Teatro alla Scala
first performance: 20.1.14, Milano, Teatro alla Scala, Symphonic Season 2013 - 2014, Francesco Dillon (cello), Filarmonica della Scala Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
publisher: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
catalogue number: S. 14409 Z.

Heur, leurre, lueur - F. Dillon, Filarmonica della Scala orchestra, S. Mälkki (cond.) - live, 2014

Slovenia RTV Orchestra. Steven Loy, conductor

Plany d'Antígona [2018] for chamber orchestra

L'Étoile matinale (2020)
pour hautbois, trompette, contrebasse et piano.
Dur. 09:00
Éditeur : Durand Éditions Musicales / Universal Music Publishing Classical (Paris)
Commande de l'Ensemble Intercontemporain.
Théâtre du Châtelet, 5 Juillet 2020. Festival Après, demain.

L'Étoile matinale (2020) for oboe, trumpet, piano and double bass. Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Under a full moon on an early spring night, several Australian Magpies sing and respond to one another with rich fluty melodies. Dingoes can be heard howling from further up the valley and a Powerful Owl hoots from a nearby forested slope.

Album available here - https://wildambience.com/albums/moonlight-chorus/

Moonlight Chorus

Moonlight Chorus - Australian Magpies sing under a full moon- Album Sample

Composer: Sina Fallahzadeh
Commission of Ensemble CAIRN
Effectif: flûte, guitare électrique, alto
Cécile Brossard, alto, Cédric Jullion flûte, Christelle Séry guitare
Vidéo: Stefano Missio, Son: Sébastien Naves
FIGURES: Créations en vignettes

http://ensemble-cairn.com/projets/FIGURES-Creations-en-vignettes

Étendue infinie, saturée de lumière

Electronica B • Minor Crush

for Microtonals Accordions ©Xamp
Electric Guitar, Amplified Harpsichord, 
Piano, 3 Percussions, 3 doublebass,
& Wind Ensemble (with NO electronics)

For my beloved friends <3
Tribute to Mark Fell

Conducted by Julien Leroy
With Duo Xamp (F.Vicens & J.-E.Sotty)
R.Reber (Guit.), P.Hattat-Colin (Pno.),C.-U.Kim(Clav.),
& Musicians from the CNSMDP Orchestra
Live Recording by Jean Marc Lyzwa 18th September 2020
Paris CNSMDP
Edit & Mix Samir Amarouch
Master Charles D. Wajnberg

Plany d'Antígona [2018] for chamber orchestra

Carlos de Castellarnau

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