Start Over Again

Composed for Thelema Trio in 2003. Recorded on "Thelema..." CD 2006.
Marco Mazzini - clarinet
Peter Verdonck - baritone saxophone
Ward De Vleeschhouwer - piano

Clarmaggeddon by Peter Verdonck

Composed by Eric Honour for Thelema Trio. Recorded on "Neither From Nor Towards..." CD 2009.
Marco Mazzini - clarinet
Peter Verdonck - baritone saxophone
Ward De Vleeschhouwer - piano

Neither From Nor Towards by Eric Honour

Composed: 2010, for Mauricio Salguero
Duration: 9'

Selected for ICMC2013, Perth, Western Australia

Program Notes:

In much of the music I write, the title comes first and has tremendous impact on the resultant score.  When I set out to write a piece for bass clarinet and computer, the word "quirk" came to mind.  Something about the sound of it reminds me of the low notes of the bass clarinet, particularly when played with slap-tongue.  Messrs. Merriam and Webster define "quirk" as "a peculiar trait."  For me, the word always carries a further, slightly negative connotation, as if these idiosyncratic traits are just a little bit dirty – the sort of thing any decent person would keep under wraps.  Nevertheless, as a composer, my quirks are an abiding love of groove and popular music, as well as an on-again, off-again romance with post-minimalist developmental techniques, and something of an infatuation with granular processing.  The piece "Quirk" explores all of these in depth.  It's just as well: the second definition of "quirk" is "a groove separating a bead or other molding from adjoining members." Clearly, even our lexicographers see the links between quirks and grooves.

Quirk for bass clarinet and computer (Mauricio Salguero, bass clarinet)

Putt'n Around was composed in response to David McIntire and Irritable Hedgehog's Putney Project . The work uses material derived from David's early exposure to the EMS VCS-3, also know as the "Putney."

Putt'n Around

“Strange and unfamiliar paths”, opened on to by a ritornello from Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Composed in 2007, the piece is available on DEGEM’s Orpheus 400 compilation. Thanks to R Humphries for the beautiful recording of a thunderstorm (rbh thunder storm.wav), made available via the Freesound Project and licensed under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license.


Strane e sconosciute vie

This is a modern electronic piece I composed to portray a very technologically disturbed atmosphere.  My intent through the piece is to create a soundscape of chaos and disorder through a saxophone soloing over a digital track.  This is my first go at a electronic piece with a modern feel so I hope you enjoy... 

Deterioration of a Technological Society

2013
For Stringquartet
Commisioned by Fonds Podiunkunsten
Score: http://philemonmukarno.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-180033_eluney.html

Quirk for bass clarinet and computer (Mauricio Salguero, bass clarinet)

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