performed by Jack Yarbrough, pianist

premiered at Composers Conference 2021

July 27, 2021
Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA

The Departure of Time [Jack Yarbrough]

the being/the world (2024)
for Juliet Fraser and Ensemble Musikfabrik

extract recording: scene 5: duo (love)

Juliet Fraser, voice
Sara Cubarsi, viola d'amore
Benjamin Kobler, synth organ
+ MusikFabrik

premiere recording extract from WDR, Köln on 3 March 2024

total piece duration: 1 hour

in loving memory of Amelia Cuni

commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW
photograph: Janet Sinica

the being/the world (2024) scene 5 (extract)

Live electronics with vibrating shells looking at the vitality of eco-anxieties and corporatized blackness fueled by:

"brushes of swiftness of adrenalines,
swirling anxieties,
late night snacks,
burst of laughters/cries,
sweeps of turntables states,
eradication and amplification of blackness,
vibrating collected trophies,
absences of resilience,
sweetness of life,
bent physicalities,
sore braiding fingers."

Porcelains/eco/#stillmagical

Please, use headphones or good loudspeakers.

The purple fuchsia bled upon the ground. (2023–24)
Commission: Westdeutschen Rundfunk & Wien Modern

Live Recording: Pierre-Laurent Aimard & WDR Orchestra (cond. Elena Schwarz), 12 May 2024, Cologne

Photo: WDR/Holger Talinski

The purple fuchsia bled upon the ground. (2023–24), for piano and orchestra

Youtube video of the performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUf5Ca6_wk0

commissioned by Ensemble Proton Bern as a part of Protonwerk No. 13

live recording of premiere 23. April 2024 - Dampfzentrale Bern

Ensemble Proton Bern 

Conductor- Gregory Charette
Alto flute, piccolo - Bettina Berger 
Oboe - Martin Bliggenstorfer 
Basset horn, contrabass clarinet - Richard Elliot Haynes
Bassoon, Contrabassoon - Elise Jacoberger 
Harp - Vera Schnider 
Piano - Coco Schwarz
Violin - Maximilian Haft 
Cello - Jan-Filip Ťupa

Recording and mixing - Joël Cormier

Program note: 
“Stained light” is a part of an ongoing attempt in my work to uncover sensations and emotions from my own childhood. It can be both nostalgic and dark, as I try to remember how sensitive I felt to everything as a child – to the weather, to the energy of people around me, to the sounds of the world. In the piece, I try to create fragile spaces in which small details can affect the whole system, uncovering layers of sweetness or of darkness. There is something always under the surface, like a hidden song, half-remembered, heard from a distance.

Stained light | for ensemble proton bern (2023-24)

commissioned and performed by Blaurenz Duo
Rebecca Blau - flute
Rebecca Lawrence - double bass 
electronics – Isaac Roth Blumfield

live recording at Theater Pavillion, Lucerne, Switzerland on July 8, 2024

recording - Fernando Manassero
mix - Isaac Roth Blumfield

Half life | for amplified alto flute and double bass (2024)

Madrigal for.. (six pianos in 72 edo)

Ataraxy of the End

Endless Rain | for organ (live)

Conveyance (Live 10-22-15)

for string quartet [2016-19]
Performed by the JACK Quartet [https://jackquartet.com]
Commissioned by the Westdeutschen Rundfunks for the JACK Quartet and the Wittener Tage fur neue Kammermusik

This is a performance of the second half of the piece. The first part was written after this performance. The JACK Quartet & I are actively looking for opportunities to premiere the finished piece. Contact me if you have the means & the interest in programming this 60-minute quartet.

More info here: https://www.timothy-mccormack.com/yourbodyisavolume

Endless Rain | for organ (live)

Joshua Mastel

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