As part of our 2021 Concert Series, we celebrated the 70th birthday of the British composer, James Erber.  

Yuri Matsuzaki - flute
Albrecht Scharnweber - clarinet
Salim Javaid - saxophone
Mauricio Galeano - guitar

Live Recordings from the concerts on 19.October 2021 (Kraftwerk, Chemnitz) & 20.October 2021 (Kulturnhalle, Leipzig)

Supported by:
Neustart-Kultur
Stadt Dresden
De la Motte Musikstiftung
InSzene Program of the German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat)

Composer Portrait - James Erber

Vo piangendo io tra voi for tenor saxophone and 10-string guitar (2021, world premiere)

Desire Lines: Version (b) for solo alto flute (2013-2014/ rev. 2021, world premiere)

Cribratio for 10-string guitar (2020-21, world premiere)

... a single line which is invisible and unceasing for sopranino saxophone(2021, world premiere)

A Greater Revelation for flute and clarinet in Bb (2015)

entremets

Moveable Frames (2025)
excerpt of premiere concert recording
Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble
DiMenna Center, New York
May 25th, 2025

Moveable Frames (excerpt) 2025

As the Crow Flies

Didicas

Nine Rakes

I Had a Slow Thought on a Hard Day

How Careful Fire Can Be

The Door in the Wall

Now is Forever
by Kate Soper
text by Jorie Graham

Alexandra Picard, soprano
The Seattle Modern Orchestra Project
Recorded live June 6, 2015

Now Is Forever

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Cribratio for 10-string guitar (2020-21, world premiere)

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