Music originally written for a production of the Chekhov play 'Platonov', Helsinki 2009. Recorded live from a concert in the 'Tulkinnanvaraista' series, Helsinki, 10 Dec, 2014. Eija Kankaanranta, kantele; Kimmo Hakola, piano, Juhani Nuorvala, keyboard and electronics. 
The keyboard (Pianoteq) and the soundtrack are tuned to 13-limit JI.


Pianotarha (Music from Platonov)

Voir (Remastered)

“Poor little human being! Little child of Time!” (Excerpts)
An interlude from the play “Sensa” (ca. 1917), originally for lyres 

Music by Elsie Hamilton
Orchestration by Rebecca Lane and Thomas Nicholson (2024)
Audio documentation by Sam Dunscombe from the first live performance at KM28 (Berlin) on 10.10.2024

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This music is in Kathleen Schlesinger’s Venus Species, corresponding to the Phrygian mode in her interpretation of Ancient Greek music. 

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MO Abbott (trombone), Ellen Arkbro (trumpet), Sam Dunscombe (recording), Judith Hamann (cello), Jon Heilbron (contrabass), Rebecca Lane (quarter-tone flutes), Thomas Nicholson (viola), Michiko Ogawa (clarinet), Marc Sabat (violin)

Poor little human being. Little child of Time!

Elsie Hamilton – Poor little human being. Little child of Time! (Excerpts)

ARTEFACT (2001)
for flute, clarinet, horn, perc., 3 guitars (1/12th tuning), violin, viola, cello and bass. Ensemble 2e2m, Paul Méfano, direction.


ARTEFACT(2001)

Liesa Van der Aa & Tom Pauwels.
Popular American music made strange, distortion and transformation through explosion of our ill-tempered tonality.

Christopher Trapani : Wayfaring Stranger, Freight Train arrangements for voice, violin, guitar, pedal effects and delay sculptor (custom-made by the composer)

Larry Polansky : Sweet Betsy from Pike, Eskimo Song, Dismission of Great I for voice and the Lou Harrison National Just Intonation Resonator guitar.


Freight Train (arr.Christopher Trapani')

Inspired by the recent pluto fly and the Interstellar film. A floaty piece in porcupine[8]  

World Unknown - 15 EDO

Piano tuned in an irregular system and sound synthesis (IRCAM)
Jean-Pierre Collot, piano

THYMES (1988)

Solos ans duos pour violin and cello tuned in 1/16th of a tone by Silvia Tarozzi, violin & Deborah Walker, cello (France Musique, Alla breve, 2015).

Coalescent (Bothsways 2015)

Trumpet with clarinet, bassoon, vibraphone.

Stationary Point

Wander Steps for two microtonals accordions played by the duo XAMP Fanny Vicens and Jean-Etienne Sotty (festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije, commission 2018)

Wander Steps (2018)for two microtonals accordions

This is an (imperfect) acoustic guitar rendition of the second movement from my trio Enneadecahedron (2017), originally for trumpet, electric guitar and percussion in 19-tone equal temperament. The trio is dedicated to duo Contour, and was premiered at EUROMicrofest 2017 in Freiburg, Germany.

Ballad from Enneadecahedron (2017)

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