I wrote this as a tribute to the great Basque trikitixa player, Kepa Junkera.  Why is it in 7/8 you may ask?  Because that's the way I roll!  From my  Innova cd, "The Multiple Personality Reunion Tour."  Performed by Theo Bleckmann, Jo Lawry, Peter Eldridge, voices; Pete Donovan, bass, John Hollenbeck, drums, and myself, accordion.

Ratatatatouille

"Altered Landscapes" is probably my most ambitious solo piece.  I wrote it in 1993 for a company dance piece by David Dorfman called "Hey." This 1998 recording is the title track from my long-out-of-print Evva cd.  Interestingly, I never notated this piece fully, only have a few sketches for it.  And now I'm trying to re-learn it after many, many years, to add back into my repertoire, and it is a challenging endeavor to re-memorize!

Altered Landscapes (Guy Klucevsek)

This is my tribute to Ivan Milev, Bulgarian accordionist extraordinaire.  From my Innova CD, "The Multiple Personality Reunion Tour," performed by Alex Meixner, accordion/trumpet, Brandon Seabrook, banjo, Marcus Rojas, tuba, Kenny Wallesen, drums, and myself, accordion.  For more on the album, please go to:  http://www.innova.mu/composers/guy-klucevsek

Breathless And Bewildered

In the midst of this relentless winter, I offer up this unreleased recording from 2011, with Dave Douglas, trumpet.  I wrote "Ice Flowers" inspired by ice formations on my windows during winter of 2009, which was also a brutal one.  This piece is dedicated to my dear friend, Otto Lechner, who wrote a beautiful winter piece of his own, "Die Wintersonnenwende."

Ice Flowers

Composed in 2006, on the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and dedicated to him.  "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

The Silence

Another piece from the score for "Rumore di acque," (Noise in the Waters), for the Theatre Gigante production in Milwaukee.

The Girl With The Rose Hips

I wrote this piece in 1981, when Teiji Ito and I were being considered as co-composers for an ill-fated Broadway production of "The Little Prince and the Aviator."   John Barry (!!!) eventually got the composer job, but the show closed in previews.
And now I have this piece.   :-)

Song Of The Little Prince

I composed this for Laurie McCants's 2011 show, "Industrious Angels," inspired by the life and work of Emily Dickinson. The fiddler is Todd Reynolds.

The Landscape Listens

Title was inspired by a newspaper account I read about museum dioramas and little tricks they use to give subjects the feeling of life and spaciousness (e.g. putting a little mirror inside the mouth of a moose).
with Todd Reynolds, violin.
Recorded 10/25/12, Roulette in Brooklyn.

Moose Mouth Mirror

in honor of The Swingle Singers.
with Todd Reynolds, violin.
Recorded live at Roulette in Brooklyn, NY, 10/25/12.
Photo by Tom Steenland

Gimme A Minute, Please (My Sequins Are Showing)

a tribute to Erik Satie, from my suite, "Three Hymnopedies."
with Todd Reynolds, violin.
Monsieur Satie stops by his local Hungarian cafe for some goulash; after which he begins the beguine to the live house band, steps on his partner's foot (on a diminished chord, of course), apologizes, gets it right the next time around; following dancing, perhaps a bit more goulash?  having enjoyed a most lovely evening, M. Satie heads home on foot, umbrella opened, is lifted by a gentle gust of wind, and carried off, ever-so-gently, into the heavens.
Recorded live at Roulette in Brooklyn, NY, 10/25/12.
Photo by Tom Steenland

Hymnopedie No. 3, with Todd Reynolds

with Todd Reynolds, violin, Guy Klucevsek, accordion.  
Recorded 4/12/13, John Kilgore Studios, New York, NY


Waltzing at the Edge of Dawn

in memory of Astor Piazzolla; with Todd Reynolds, violin, Guy Klucevsek, accordion.
recorded 4/12/13, John Kilgore Studios, New York, NY

The Asphalt Orchid

opening music for Lionel Popkin's Dance, "Ruth Doesn't Live Here Anymore."
with Todd Reynolds, violin, Guy Klucevsek, accordion.
recorded 4/12/13, John Kilgore Studios, New York, NY

Opening

a tribute to Erik Satie.  with Todd Reynolds, violin, Guy Klucevsek, accordion.
recorded 4/12/13, John Kilgore Studios, New York, NY.

Guy Klucevsek

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