a reimagining of my piano piece Passion Flower(inspired by a painting by NZ artist Jacqueline Fahey) by NZ jazz pianist/composer Kevin Field. Recorded for the Rattle CD The Gristle of Knuckles in 2017

The Gristle of Knuckles

Passion Flower

Tingling strings was written for pianist Dan Poynton and recorded by him for my 1998 Atoll CD Chaos of delight. The title was taken from the DH Lawrence poem Piano, and the work contains some prepared piano, and humming

A Chaos Of Delight

Tingling Strings

Doggerel was commissioned by Australian low-flute specialist Peter Sheridan, and recorded by him for the Move Records CD Continental Drift

Continental Drift

Doggerel for bass flute

Stumbling Trains, by Eve de Castro-Robinson and Ashley Brown, 2017.
This is a reworking of Tumbling Strains, de Castro-Robinson's 1992 work for acoustic violin and cello. Recorded here by John Kim at the Kenneth Myers Centre, University of Auckland for my solo Rattle album The gristle of knuckles

Stumbling Trains

small blue is a reimagination of my original 1998 piano piece, by jazz musicians Kevin Field piano, and Ron Samsom cajon.

small blue

ConunDRUMs is re-imagined here by two jazz and improv musicians Ron Samsom and Kingsley Melhuish. Ron plays drum kit, cymbals and percussion while conch-master Kingley plays taonga puoro (Maori instruments) including hue puruhau pumoana, plus tuba. 
The original, from 1988 was written for a solo battery of percussion for performer Gareth Farr.

ConunDRUMs

Breathe was created during my residency at the Atlantic Centre for the Arts Florida in 2010. It was commissioned by Irish flautist Bill Dowdall and features the sounds of him performing on both bass and sliding headjoint flutes. The other sonorities are vocalisms made by Italian visual artist, Alice Grassi, I met while we were both Associate Artists. I was taken with her lilting voice and made many recordings. Breathe is an amalgam of breath, voice and flute sounds in a sensuous and suggestive interplay. It is included on the Atoll CD Breathe - new notes for flute from Ireland & New Zealand.

Breathe - New Notes for Flute from Ireland & New Zealand

Breathe

Ring True was written for pianist Dan Poynton in 2002 for piano, tam-tam and handbell. It has three movements:
1. a music as numerous as space (Emily Dickinson)
2. a mob of solid bliss  (P.B. Shelley)
3. a quietness distilled (Emily Dickinson)
It is recorded here by Dean Sky-Lucas on my Rattle vinyl album I Stayed a Minute, produced by Steve Garden

I Stayed a Minute - EP

Ring True: I. A Music as Numerous as Space

Ring true was written for NZ pianist Dan Poynton in 2002. In three movements, this second movement is "a wild dissolving bliss" (Shelley).
I stayed a minute was conceived by Eve de Castro-Robinson as a limited edition vinyl release on Rattle, featuring the work of photographer, Harvey Benge. This beautiful hardbound LP/book is a highly-collectable objet d'art that celebrates the work of two highly-regarded artists working at the peak of their powers.

The two compositions on this album form a diptych for piano, voice, and percussion featuring Auckland pianist Dean Sky-Lucas. Each piece is divided into three movements with suggestive poetic titles drawn from some of Eve's favourite writers. Both are concerned with a similar range of sonic explorations, from the ritualistic, meditative pulsing of repeated notes, to more restless and dynamic figures on the keyboard and beyond. As Eve often does in her music, the sonic palette is extended to include vocalising, percussion, and interior piano.

Produced by Eve de Castro-Robinson, engineered by Steve Garden, designed by UnkleFranc, printed by Studio Q
https://rattle.co.nz/catalogue/releases/i-stayed-a-minute

Ring True: II. A Wild Dissolving Bliss

I stayed a minute was conceived by Eve de Castro-Robinson as a limited edition vinyl release. Featuring the work of photographer, Harvey Benge. This beautiful hardbound LP/book is a highly-collectable objet d'art that celebrates the work of two highly-regarded artists working at the peak of their powers.

The two compositions on this album form a diptych for piano, voice, and percussion featuring Auckland pianist Dean Sky-Lucas. Each piece is divided into three movements with suggestive poetic titles drawn from some of Eve's favourite writers. Both are concerned with a similar range of sonic explorations, from the ritualistic, meditative pulsing of repeated notes, to more restless and dynamic figures on the keyboard and beyond. As Eve often does in her music, the sonic palette is extended to include vocalising, percussion, and interior piano.

Produced by Eve de Castro-Robinson, engineered by Steve Garden, designed by UnkleFranc, printed by Studio Q
https://rattle.co.nz/catalogue/releases/i-stayed-a-minute

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