Incomplete Works for Celesta

Angele David Guillou -  Valley Of Detachment

Keepsake : Based on Bach's Sinfonia no. 11 BWV 797

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VIDEO https://youtu.be/FDjNav6gvLw

"un-controlling" for cello, piano and two ebows composed by Dika Chartoff (ASCAP 2022) 

Dave Eggar, cello
Clare Longendyke, piano
Christian Amonson, recording engineer
Louis Ng, recording engineer

In memory and celebration of my friend Ben who was a wonderful friend to so many; amazing son, brother and father; a passionate surfer and sailor who lost his life to suicide after a long battle with depression.

During the opening, characterized as Poetico quasi senza mesura (poetic and unmeasured), the e-bow is used as an ostinato - a constant sound triggered by a magnet that vibrates the piano strings. Essentially, it’s a noise that’s calming and seductive at times, but much like depression, or tinnitus, it’s an unwelcome guest. The second part, giocoso (lively and humorous), is an innocent and technical interlude that culminates in climbing adrenaline; such as surfing a giant wave. Finally, Lento Irrealmente (slow and surreal) is a free fall of reverberating, vibrations and letting go. The e-bow is not present at that moment and perhaps a sense of hope, is restored.

un-controlling

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Parts Of The Whole

The Language Of Trees

Three Good Things

Miniature No.1 For Prepared Piano

Malagueña

Malaguena: Flamenco Guitar

Aureolin

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In the Stillness

Jonathan Stout's Album

1939 EH-185 mic'd with a BK5 ribbon mic

Multi-instrumentalist KJ Hagan lives and works in a quietly historic part of London. He divides his time between his instruments and tending the rare woodland species Ghost Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum).

Inspired and influenced equally by 1970's British TV themes and the works of composers such as Mompou, Ponce, Glass and Part, some of these solo instrumental tracks have found their way to their spiritual home on BBC Radio 3, while others have been used to underscore short animated movies for charities.

KJ Hagan continues to search for his musical Holy Grail: a melody married to a chord progression that will deliver surprise, nostalgia, longing and delight... all at once.

The Language Of Trees

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