It is still difficult to describe this elegant piece.

2020

Performed by Chimera Ensemble:

Ellie Stamp - voice
Emily Linane - piccolo
Joy Pidsley - clarinet
Mina Jachimowicz - cello
Jakub Watrobski - conductor

Sad words [dreary chords]

Composed for and premiered by Quatuor Bozzini as part of the 2022 Composer’s Kitchen in partnership with nyMusikk Norway.

Premiered 28 October 2022 at Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal, QC, and 1 November 2022 at Tøyen kirke, Oslo, Norway.

flora is a portrait in sound of my late grandmother, my interpretation in music of her voice on a vinyl recording from when she was just 21 years old. 

It is a deeply meaningful experience for me to share space with her voice in this way. I am grateful to Quatuor Bozzini for playing an integral part in the development of this piece and handling this material with such care.

flora (2022)

Commissioned by Aysel Taghi-Zada and Freesound with generous support from the Ontario Arts Council. Premiered 5 May 2023 at Society Clubhouse, Toronto, ON.

parting ways was written for Aysel Taghi-Zada. Sine tones veil the violin part as it moves through its path, creating shadings and gradual shifts. Trembling patterns emerge as tones in each part move closer to and further from unison, forming a physical interaction. An absence emerges when this interaction is gone.

Audio: Matt Antal

parting ways (2023)

to Jimmy
for Eve Egoyan
Work for solo piano performed by Eve Egoyan, October 16, 2015, Small World Music Theatre, Toronto.


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04 The Yield

 Middle Voice

Passenger

Touch, skin and lights. Solo violin piece by Antonio García.

Score:
https://www.babelscores.com/catalogs/instrumental/4623-your-room-at-midnight

You can follow the score here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfOkp7X4TR0
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Performed by Ann Elena Eade.

Your room at midnight

Performed by Zarvan Ensemble
Violin: Babak Kouhestani
Violoncello: Nargessi Fallahpassand
Piano: Karan Salajegheh
Composer: Daniel Derakhshan

Inner Turmoil

Piano: Karan Salajegheh
Composer: Daniel Derakhshan

Soliloquy

Passion

Score video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS0k2gZOiuw

Piece for the 31-tone Fokker organ, loosely based upon the Sarabande dance.

Composed April 2020

MIDI played through Hauptwerk with the Fokker organ emulator:
http://www.erelievonen.eu/documents/

Bandcamp

II. 'Sarabande in 31edo' for Fokker organ (2020)

John Mark Sherlock studied composition at the University of Western Ontario with Jack Behrens, Arsenio Girón and David Myska. His works have been played by many of Canada’s finest performers and ensembles including Arraymusic, Eve Egoyan, Marc Couroux and Ensemble KORE. Also, he has written original music for dance or had works used for choreography by Marie-Josée Chartier, Heidi Strauss, and Shannon Cooney for Dancemakers, amongst many others.
With composer eldritch Priest, he formed the composer’s ensemble, neither/nor. John has, at various times, received the kind support of the Toronto Arts Council, Laidlaw Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and the Chalmers Foundation.

Sherlock’s work is remarkable for it’s use of electro-mechanical keyboards and organ dating from the ’60s and ’70s. He is likely unique in his extensive use of Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, Hohner Clavinet/Pianet and Hammond organ in ensemble and via his abstract aesthetic. 

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John Mark Sherlock

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