Bushra El - Turk - Dramaticule IV - for 28 Non-Western and Western instruments

Neonskógur

Performed by Zubin Kanga, solo piano. Recorded live at The Independent Theatre, Sydney, 16 August 2012.

Audio 1 - Not Music Yet by David Young (7 minute version)

Silje Aker Johnsen - Soprano/ Tre Voci Cello Ensemble

Anuras

'Landscape Fragments' explores the accumulation and dispersion of individuals, the state of being together and being apart. The piece was prompted by my experience of a family reunion, and reflections on migration and physical displacement from home. Voices proceed in their own tempi and metre, sometimes jostling against one another as a group of individuals, at other times wandering freely. The text consists of fragments of my past and current home addresses in Malaysia, Australia and the United Kingdom. As such, the text is in English and Bahasa Melayu. 

Performed by EXAUDI and conducted by James Weeks in Milton Court Concert Hall on 30th March 2015.

Landscape Fragments

STUDIO Rhythmic Robins - Taktfastir Svartthrestir _MASTER_44Khz-16Bit-19052023_KSS_1

Premiered at Cycle Festival  15. august 2015 by The South Iceland Chamber Choir directed by Hilmar Orn Agnarsson. 

Program notes:
After my graduation from Mills College in 2015, I returned to Iceland for the summer.  The bright Icelandic summer light welcomed me in all its beauty. My eyes had gotten used to the Californian daylight,  more golden and dreamy than the Icelandic light. Icelandic daylight is colder, sharper, and somehow more clear.  My eyes needed time to adjust—it had never felt so bright, so colorful, so clear.  The Icelandic sunset and sunrise even have a completely different texture than in California. In Iceland the brightness projects  different colors on the landscape—the mountains in Iceland are blue, the mountains in California are gold.  Here, everything gets a sharper edge and different tone. These thoughts translated into ideas of difference in sound.  The color qualities of the human voice have always fascinated me, and in this piece I try to communicate different colors  and degrees of brightness. The Icelandic language has over one hundred words describing the brightness of daylight from dawn to dusk.  I used them as inspiration and but the piece is without words. Let the voices draw the pictures and shape the piece.

Recorded by Árni Möller for Cycle Festival 2015
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BIRTA (Brightness)

Beyond the Silver Pit, a poem by Adelle Stripe. Read by Russ Litten. Recorded at Engine 7. Project developed with Curated Place for Enlighten Festival 2015. Copyright Adelle Stripe.

For more information visit: http://adellestripe.com/2015/11/29/beyond-the-silver-pit/

Adelle Stripe | Beyond the Silver Pit (read by Russ Litten)

Performed by Helen Whitaker (Flute) and Martin Butler (Piano) in Brighton, February 2016

Duo for Flute and Piano - Aaron Copland

Beyond the Silver Pit, for chamber ensemble.
Based on poem by Adelle Stripe.

Premiere by Ensemble intercontemporain. Commission by Musica Nova Iceland.
Conductor: Julien Leroy.

Le Centquatre, P​aris, France.
Friday, July 1st 2016.

Recording: IRCAM.

Beyond the Silver Pit (2016)

Composer, conductor, singer. More here: http://helgiingvarsson.com/

STUDIO Rhythmic Robins - Taktfastir Svartthrestir _MASTER_44Khz-16Bit-19052023_KSS_1

Helgi R. Ingvarsson

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