Surfaces for string quartet and electronics
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Surfaces for string quartet and electronics (excerpt only)

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Folia - Baroque Violin, Viola Da Gamba & Harpsichord

Axis Mundi (2015) for winds, zithers, strings, and percussion
I. Underworld
II. Earth
II.Heaven

Axis Mundi - Underworld (Excerpt 2)

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Axis Mundi - Heaven (Excerpt 1)

Axis Mundi - Heaven (Excerpt 2)

Live recording of the premiere of Ave Maria, recorded at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at York Minster, 22/12/2016. York Minster choir appear by kind permission of the Chapter of York. Recording engineer: Ben Eyes

Ave Maria

Recorded live at the Park Church Co-op, January 8th, 2017, with Lykos:
Kristin Leitterman, oboe/English horn (http://www.kristinleitterman.com/)
Mara Mayer, clarinet/bass clarinet (http://maramayermusic.com/)
Marilu Donovan, harp (http://www.mariludonovan.com/)
Maya Bennardo, violin (http://andplayduo.com/about/)

The causes of separation. The manners in which we fell. The directions we each took afterward. The Ways We Each Tumbled From The Precipice explores the concept of coming together versus moving apart. The instruments generally revolve around a central pitch point, sometimes reaching it and sometimes moving away from it, or reaching it, but not simultaneously. Rhythmically, the instruments sometimes progress through sections of phasing, beginning together, moving away from each other, and reuniting at a later point. The way the instruments interact also changes, with the ensemble often working in unity, then breaking into pairings that eventually dissolve and shift. The microtones (pitches closer to each other than found in the Western chromatic scale) can be initially somewhat jarring, but after one becomes accustomed to them, can be quite beguiling.

Full score:
http://hwarg.com/content/score/h_kenty-the_ways_we_each_tumbled_from_the_precipice_full_score.pdf

Many thanks go to Nathan, Jasno, and Nick at the Park Church Co-op for their help in organizing and engineering the concert (http://www.parkchurchcoop.org/).

Lykos photo by Christina Vantzou (http://www.christinavantzou.com/).

The Ways We Each Tumbled From The Precipice (Live, with Lykos)

Et s'échoue encore la profondeur qui revient.
Ces vagues qui se ressemblent, jusqu'aux sons qui s'érodent, là, à la juste cassure du sable qui bruisse, à la frontière qui s'arrache du sol. Immuables. Et se noie toujours l'écume qui repart.

Live Recording, March 31st 2016, CNSMDP. Castalian Quartet.
www.castalianstringquartet.com

Surfaces for string quartet and electronics (excerpt only)

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