c.h.district - moesko (demo)

M - Tronic - Table Of Elements Vol. 3.0 Compilation

c.h.district - Olympusmons Sv

Electronic composition.
,,I would like to Swim in the Outer Space Just Like a Boat Floats on the Water."

,,Chciałbym Kiedyś Popływać W Przestrzeni Kosmicznej Tak, Jak Łódką Się Pływa Po Wodzie."

I would like to Swim in the Outer Space Just Like a Boat Floats on the Water.

Conventionality

Songs are Spells

Nervosa was composed for flutist Patti Monson.  Patti is an amazingly talented musician and I was very excited when she asked for a piece.  Her only request was that it be a multi-voiced work for solo instrument, and I knew that also meant engaging her infinite variety of flute techniques.    
Patti inspires me!  She can play anything!  During the summer of 2001 for example, I was composing Nervosa at Yaddo (an artist retreat in Saratoga Springs) and was fortunate enough to have Patti visit me to play through some sketches.  I went to the piano and played a short melodic fragment with a four-note chord accompaniment.  I was joking when I asked if she could play this and to my surprise she did it on the spot, with the four-note chord!        
The work is something like a set of variations on an ascending scale-like motive (which begins the piece).  Many ideas spring from the initial motive, and some develop into themes that seem to be quite distant from the opening material.  I employ many of Patti’s colorful techniques, among them: pizzicato, tongue stop, multiphonics, sung notes, quarter tones, and whistle tones.
Nervosa is dedicated to Patti Monson.

Nervosa

Paweł Sadaj - Cykl OST
Recorded live 1997
Piotr Weltrowski, Krzysztof Azarewicz: sounds

01 - The 4th is Eligor - Unordnung 23 (Synthesis 0=2)

The Betrayal of Three Oranges is inspired by my opera-in-progress The Juggler, in collaboration with the writer Joseph Caldwell. The libretto he produced was initially inspired by a medieval fable known as The Juggler of Our Lady. In that fable, extravagant and costly gifts are set before the statues of Mary and the infant. A young boy in tattered clothes juggles in the market place for what few coppers are thrown his way, steps forward and offers the only gift he has. He juggles. In response, the statues come to life and the boy is blessed. What inspired the writer was the thought: what if the juggler couldn’t really juggle. The answer: he offers his failures – and is blessed. The writer then channeled his inspiration into the opera libretto. The protagonist, Jerry, is confronted by his vulnerability and haunted by his failure. He frequently tries to juggle oranges, but like everything else, he is never successful. The juggling is a metaphor for failure. In the opera, he inadvertently is given a shopping bag of money. He is determined to spend it feeding the poor. The opera dramatizes how this effort, like his juggling, is a failure. The money is a catalyst and by the end of the opera it helps to reveal Jerry’s truly divine and most profound offering – his failure. The Betrayal of Three Oranges is steeped in Jerry’s loving and vulnerable world, filled with longing, juggling, money and tragedy.

The Betrayal of Three Oranges is lovingly dedicated to Susan Brynteson, Joseph Caldwell and David Del Tredici.

I would like to Swim in the Outer Space Just Like a Boat Floats on the Water.

Dawid Groch2

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