Name: Serenata II (for bass flute, cello, guitar and theorbo) by John Croft
Duration: 6 min 8 s
Description: Live recording from Brunel University of London, 8 November 2024. Performed by Richard Craig (bass flute), Louise McMonagle (cello), Sam Cave (guitar) and Johan Löfving (theorbo)

La silente góndola (2018) flauta contralto/flauta baja, clarinete bajo, violín, viola, violonchelo y piano. / Alto Flute/Bass Flute, Bassclarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano. Ensemble Aventure,

Sobre la Lúgubre góndola de Franz Liszt / On the Lugubre Gondola by Franz Liszt.

La silente góndola

Ecos oníricos de la Basílica de San Marcos (2021)
Homenaje a Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Gabrieli y Andrea Gabrieli
for amplified solo horn (with effects) and prerecorded and processed horns

Kevin Newton, horn

Ecos oníricos de la Basílica de San Marcos (2021)

Benjamin Fingland, bass clarinet 
Adrian Morejon, bassoon 
Patrick Pridemore, horn 
Matthew Gold, percussion 
Louise Schulman, viola 
Tristan Kasten-Krause, contrabass

Michael Lewanski, guest conductor

Composers Conference Ensemble 2021

Ruiseñor en el reflejo (2021)

for oboe, accordion and electric guitar
Live recording: Schallfeld ensemble (Helene Kenyeri, Mirko Jevtovic, Alex Tentor). 25.5 2022, Graz.

Y (upsilon) [2014]

Allí donde la nada mece un racimo marchito de acanto (2023)
for violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion

Ensemble Platypus (Austria)
Jaime Wolfson, dirección
Live recording at Suena Festival (Vienna, 2023)

Allí donde la nada mece un racimo marchito de acanto (2023)

Giacinto Scelsi - Okanagon
Elisabetta Giorgi,harpe, Yann Dubost, contrebasse, Christophe Brédeloup, tam-tam
Concert du 40e anniversaire de l'ensemble itinéraire
30 novembre 2013



Giacinto Scelsi - Okanagon

Live recording from Brunel University of London, 8 November 2024. Performed by Richard Craig (bass flute), Louise McMonagle (cello), Sam Cave (guitar) and Johan Löfving (theorbo)

Serenata II (for bass flute, cello, guitar and theorbo)

"Pensé en la belleza de las ruinas..." (2015)

Haydée Schvartz, piano and Elías Gurevich, violín.

Esta pieza fue estrenada en el marco del Festival Internacional Muchas Músicas organizado por la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes.

This piece was premiered in Festival Internacional Muchas Músicas organized by the National University of Quilmes.

"Pensé en la belleza de las ruinas..." (2015)

Performance: Dresdner Philharmonie, conductor Lennart Dohms
November 2011, Dresden
The title derives from the word "perigee" - the point at which an object makes its closest approach to the Earth. The Greek prefix "peri" means around, near. Here "Ge" refers to the tone G. 

Peri-Ge (2011) for symphony orchestra and live-electronics (Dresdner Philharmonie)

The Orion Arm in astronomy is a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way, the Solar System and therefore the Earth lies within the Orion Arm. The idea for the composition is based on the sound movement between 8 double-bass instruments places in half-circle. There are 10 sections in this piece, all connected and overlapping with each other. I tried to explore aspects of spatial sound perception in each section in different ways  - using the placement of the instruments or extended and classical techniques of playing that create different impressions of close and far away sounds.

Orion Arm for 8 double basses

Extract of John Croft's 'Lost Songs' (2017) for soprano and live electronics. Released as a digital EP on First Hand Records in January 2021.

https://firsthandrecords.com/products-page/album/john-croft-lost-songs-ep/

JOHN CROFT Lost Songs (extract)

John Croft (b. 1971) studied philosophy and music at the Victoria University of Wellington, and composition and music cognition at the University of Sheffield. He also studied with John Casken at the University of Manchester, where he completed his doctorate. He is currently Reader at Brunel University London. Ensembles and soloists that have performed his music include Ensemble L’Itinéraire, the BBC Philharmonic, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Exposé, Gageego!, Studiya Novoi Muzyki, Distractfold Ensemble, Explore Ensemble, Séverine Ballon, Juliet Fraser, Marij van Gorkom, Philip Thomas, Matthew Barley, Richard Craig, and Xenia Pestova. He  received First Prize in the 2001 International Jurgenson Competition for his String Quartet and the the 2011 ICMC European Region Award for ...ne l'aura che trema for alto flute and live electronics. His Intermedio III for bass clarinet and live electronics won the Prix Ton Bruynèl 2012.

Serenata II (for bass flute, cello, guitar and theorbo)

John Croft

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