Eden Lonsdale is a composer from Berlin (Germany) and a participant in the 5th International Young Composers Academy in Ticino. 

Eden Lonsdale studied composition at the Guildhall School of Music with Malcolm Singer, Cassandra Miller, Julian Anderson, and the Kunstuniversität Graz with Klaus Lang. Eden is fascinated by the never-ending depth of experience that can be discovered within a single sound. This reflects in his often slow or static pieces, whose focused sound-worlds invite the ear to lose itself within them. 

‘’The Roar of the World’’ takes as its starting point the sound of the cello. Amplified to make even its quietest details clearly audible, we begin to discover ever deeper layers as a new world of sound lays itself bare from within. The other instruments in the ensemble pick up individual aspects of the cello’s sound and extend them in their own ways, giving subtle dimension to the sonic landscape and bringing to the foreground its most remote corners. In this sense, the music piece functions as a sort of sonic microscope, zooming deep into different details of the same sound and discovering within them a shifting sense of dimension and time.

Eden Lonsdale (Germany 1996): The Roar Of The World

Performed at the Festival of Laurence Crane: A Tribute Concert on Monday 18th October 2021.

The title is an accidental pun on Laurence’s Bobby J for electric guitar. I was chatting with Patrick about putting the piece together and told him we might both have to muster up our best Bobby D impressions (aka Bob Dylan).

Lara Agar (violin, harmonica)
Christian Drew (guitar, harmonica)
Harry Harrison (percussion, harmonica)
Patrick Hegarty (guitar, harmonica)
Darius Paymai (harmonium , harmonica)

Bobby D

Performed by Lara Agar (violin), Darius Paymai (harmonium), Christian Drew (guitar) and myself (keyboard, electronics & guitar) / October 2021 / London

Willow Hymn

Live performance

Ekmeles, directed by Jeffrey Gavett
Moore Musical Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
22 November 2021

Madrigal book in 31-TET (2012-16) after Nicola Vicentino
Texts adapted from Jacques Arcadelt's Primo Libro de' Madrigali (1539)

Primo Libro

Formed in Copenhagen, February 2018, using a modified Ciat-Lonbarde Esoterica Spike Ring.

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"Typically in my work I deal with fixed concepts and defined parameters. With “Entrop” the concept was to not deal with such notions and instead to embrace chaos. I built a noisy little synth – a Ciat-Lonbarde Esoterica Spike Ring – which I modified with further feedback loops to intensify its unpredictable nature. The drum track is not programmed – instead the drum computer follows the pulses of the synth. The recordings on this tape are edited and layered from several sessions. I find it to be one of my most musical works – less rational, almost purely instinctive.” - Zeno van den Broek, Berlin, 22.vi.2018

Entrop

ENTROP - Untitled IV

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Excerpt taken from Clara de Asís -  Sans Nom Ni Forme
Pilgrim Talk 2020

Clara de Asís - De ce côté-ci (excerpt) [PT39]

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London Contemporary Orchestra, 
Robert Ames director, 
Tate Modern, Sept 2017

Primo Libro

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