Einige Kleinigkeiten (for flute and piano)

Composed for viola, violoncello, and piano, this composition was crafted using a variety of personal methodologies. In addition, the work drew initial inspiration from the composition "Kor ərəbin mahnısı" (“Song of the Blind Arab”), by Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov from the musical setting of the play "Sheikh Sanan," while at the same time incorporating its melody. The subtitle of my work is in reference to the Sufistic text "Conference of the Birds," itself the basis of the play "Sheikh Sanan," which is also utilized. Moreover, the music is reminiscent of the traditional sonata form, with diametric A and E-flat as harmonic zones of import.

The music is a combination of two of my compositional methods: my Eddaic mode, which translates both the names of the birds mentioned in the "Conference of the Birds" & the names of Sanan and Khumar (the main lovers of "Sheikh Sanan") into pitch, harmonic, and rhythmic information; and, my Akkadian mode, which uses 88 rhythmic figurations formed through my ornithological analysis of Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform and its syllabary.  This is dependent on the phonemic information of, here, the “birds.” 

Over time—just as in the text "Conference of the Birds"—certain “birds” (i.e., their themes) fade from the music, until only the worthy remain to form the mythical “simurgh.”

There are four sections to this work. First comes Yer (“Earth”). It is dronelike in the style of muğam, and it evokes improvisatory, loamy textures—harmony is firm like stone.

In Boşluk (“Void”), Amirov’s melody begins to crystalize (around fig. 5), and a number of birds are introduced musically—in general, this section has a mournful tint. Lyricism and fluidity are valued here.

Kənar (“Edge”) returns to the stability of the opening muğam-style, as it opens with a piano solo. Warm and cold extremes duel for control of the narrative, and the Sanan and Khumar Theme forms at fig. 14.

Symbolic of both the lovers Sanan and Khumar, and of the unity gifted by the simurgh, Əbədi (“Eternal”) concludes the work. Only those birds mentioned in the text—as well as the lovers—are cited here, and the harmonic struggles between the A—E-flat tritone is resolved. 

The final image is that of the simurgh, which shines in a fiery heat whilst also drawing inspiration from the “Song of the Blind Arab.”

Piano Trio No. 1, "Conference of the Birds"

Improvisation
Mit: 
Herb Robertson (USA) - Trompete
Kim Clarke (USA) - E-Bass
Chris Cutler (UK) - Schlagzeug
Erik Drescher – Altflöte
Bettina Junge – Bassflöte
Thilo Krigar – Violoncello
Augustin Maurs – Violoncello
Daniel Göritz – E-Gitarre
Claudia Sgarbi – Schlagwerk

UA Berlin, Akademie der Künste, 2007
gefördert durch Hauptstadtkulturfonds

Nonu - Improvisation

Giorgio Colombo Taccani
LE RETOUR DU GOLEM for baritone saxophone, contrabass clarinet and piano (2004)
EDIZIONI SUVINI ZERBONI - MILANO
Thelema Trio
Peter Verdonck, baritone saxophone
Marco Antonio Mazzini, contrabass clarinet
Ward De Vleeschhouwer, piano
More at www.colombotaccani.it/retour.html

"Le Retour Du Golem" for baritone saxophone, contrabass clarinet and piano (2004)

Music for Clarinet and Cello

Das ametrische System

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is LCEEM

Laboratory for Contemporary Electronic Experimental Music [LCEEM] 
rec.name: " simple sheet music lesson 9 "
credit : 
date:09-04-2024
Score:
https://ibb.co/MPKLb51

Bagatelle 904

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is LCEEM

Laboratory for Contemporary Electronic Experimental Music [LCEEM] 
https://youtu.be/joMTW5-YuaU
rec.name : " Water Caustics Sonification Aleatoric Music "
score:
https://ibb.co/3WghTHF

more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJdyeVjYEME


credit: bespoke,iannix

date: 19-04-2024

Water Caustics Sonification Music

Giorgio Colombo Taccani VOLTO RITRATTO IN SILENZIOSO GELO for guitar (2020)
dedicated to: Giovanni Puddu e Lorenzo Biguzzi
EDIZIONI SZ SUGAR - MILANO
Lorenzo Biguzzi, guitar
More at www.colombotaccani.it/voltoritratto.html

"Volto ritratto in silenzioso gelo" for guitar (2020)

The Irish Composers' Collective present an evening of new music for Flute, Viola, and Harp in the Luther House, St Finian's Church.  Ficino Ensemble performs new works for flute, viola and harp written  by ICC composers Johanne Heraty, Anselm McDonnell, Rachel Nic Thomás, Robert Connell, and Stephen Kavanagh.

Recorded and mixed/mastered by Michael Riordan.

Rachel Nic Thomás - Somniloquy

I am a composer from Buffalo, NY, USA currently being published by Universal Edition. I attended the University at Buffalo, where I earned my BA in Music Theory. After this, I earned my MMus in Composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Here you can find a number of recordings of my works, primarily in the form of digital mock-ups, but also with a few live performances.

Piano Trio No. 1, "Conference of the Birds"

Jared Destro

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