James Creed: piano and comically-small harmonica

From 'Piano Studies 1–6', available pay-what-you-can via Bandcamp

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The scores in this little collection are for pianists and pianos. They could be “performance pieces,” but principally they are nice things to do or nice ways to think about things that we’re doing already. They are more like letters, in a sense: though they can and perhaps will be performed publicly, they address themselves to the pianist sitting at the piano whether others are there to observe or not. For these recordings the letters were addressed to myself.

They all, in some way, follow on from something Fernando and Mira said in the reading/study group we set up with friends – that part of being a pianist is being prepared to play any piano in the world (I prefer “every” to “any”) and I just think that’s wonderful.

Thanks to: Fernando Yada Rodrigues; Mira Benjamin; Katie Grout; Anne Han; Konstantinos Glynos; Khabat Abas; Jess Porter-Langson; Jay Keys; Clare Spollen; Luis John; Claudia Creed.

Thanks also to: the piano at home; the piano at Callum, Jenny, Sylvia and Pete’s; the piano at Gwyneth’s; the piano in room 167 at Goldsmiths; the piano at Pembroke House.

Piano Study 5 (2021)

for two guitars.

performed by Omri Kochavi and Joanna Ward
recorded live at Cafe Oto, 3rd July 2023
mixed by Joanna Ward

nearness, distance

This piece mainly consists of field recordings I've captured spontaneously in moments and spaces. I find interacting with my sonic environment interesting mainly due to the vastness I experience within those moments and spaces. Here, I've revisited these spaces and made them into one.

Adjustments

two pianos
written for Yihan Chen and Maxime Trechsel
fp — Yihan Chen/Maxime Trechsel, Milton Court Concert Hall (UK), 29-09-2023

‘lee shore’ is a piece for two pianos created in collaboration with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Keyboard Department. I worked with the excellent pianists Yihan Chen and Maxime Trechsel.

It was premiered alongside a performance of Meredith Monk’s ‘Ellis Island’ for two pianos with accompanying film. I selected a few harmonies from ‘Ellis Island’ — freeze frames — and arranged them freely. Whispers of Antonello de Caserta's ‘Amour m'a le cuer mis en tel martire’ also made their way in.

I was thinking about small, gentle gestures, lines, and listening through permeable textures.

If you would like to see the full video of ‘Ellis Island’ with ‘lee shore’ played attacca, please get in touch.

lee shore (2023)

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Pentu - I Ruined The Surprise (Christmas  95)

Another improvisation, this time experimenting with feedback from a  DPA clip on microphone and bass amp. Thanks to James Creed for the help (featured on here vocally)

Bass Amp Sketches

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based on 3 multiphonics + their fragility + humanlike qualities

perfect music

Life on wide mode.

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Gribs 020424

Composed in 2020.
Commissioned by 840 Series, for their 5th anniversary concert, 
with funds provided by Arts Council England, Richard Thomas Foundation, Hinrichsen Foundation and RVW Trust.
Performed by Juliet Fraser (soprano), Colin Alexander (cello), Stephanie Tress (cello) and Peteris Sokolovskis (cello).
Live recording of 1st performance, at Cafe Oto, London on 
31 January 2020.

Piano Study 5 (2021)

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