Music by Norbert Palej
Text by Stanislaw Lem
Jay Smack, narration
Mariusz Monczak, violins
Robert Adamczak, piano & synthesizer

Return From The Stars

A composition for flute, oboe, English horn, bassoon, two solo violins and string orchestra written on top of Contrapunctus XIV (the last incomplete fugue) from The Art of the Fugue by J. S. Bach. While the original triple fugue by Bach is maintained (almost) intact by the string orchestra throughout, each section of the triple fugue is accompanied by a new composition by Hatzis, the first scored for woodwinds, the second for two solo violins and the third again for woodwinds with all the instruments joining in a closing coda of Hatzis's invention at the end. The new material has its own thematic development which is independent of the Bach material but exists within the framework of Bach's harmonic and contrapuntal language while reference different styles of music. It is an experiment in what Hatzis calls "Cultural Counterpoint".

Farewell To Bach

Home Fires - Main Theme

Third track of Manos Milonakis's remix release "Sólfar Reworked" by:

Luke Howard (www.lukehoward.com , @lukehoward) : 

Australian Music Prize-nominated composer Luke Howard has been described as “absolutely heavenly” (Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 6) and his music as “an ambient masterclass” (Musos’ Guide), but no words can fully capture the potency of Howard’s enthralling compositions. A pianist since childhood, Howard has scored films and performed with artists as diverse as Lior and Jeff Mills, capturing audiences with contemporary classical arrangements that curl and twist around the boundaries of a particular emotion. Though wordless, Howard’s songs perform a function unique to music as a medium – that of evoking without describing, bringing listeners to a feeling which defies articulating. 

Now signed to UK label Mercury KX (Lambert, Olafur Arnalds, Solomon Grey) and joined live by drummer and collaborator Daniel Farrugia, 2017 has Howard working across several projects: arranging the keyboard works of photographer William Eggleston, a pioneer of colour photography; a European tour beginning in the UK and ending with a performance at Germany’s legendary Elbphilharmonie; and a new record. 

Howard is one of Australia’s foremost practitioners of contemporary classical music. Having already accomplished so much and with more on the horizon, he is set to captivate audiences worldwide.

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Celebrating Record Store Day and given the occasion of Sólfar EP’s 1st anniversary, Manos Milonakis invites friends, composers and producers to rethink-reimagine its’ 5 tracks. Sólfar EP was Manos’s second solo release, after Your Hand in Mine, which he recorded in Iceland with contribution of local musicians.

The 5 pieces of Sólfar EP have been reworked by:
Steve Gibbs, Fragile Balloon, Luke Howard, Hior Chronik, Ed Carlsen.

Sólfar Reworked is out worldwide on 22/04/2017, Record Store Day 2017, in limited handmade CD edition and digital.

You can find it at:
Thessaloniki: Lotus, Noise, Stereodisc
Athens: Underflow
Worldwide: www.manosmilonakismusic.com
Digital release: https://manosmilonakismusic.bandcamp.com

Sólfar Reworked

Ten (Luke Howard Rework)

Libertania

Written by Isobel Waller-Bridge
Performed by the RSVP SINGERS

Fleabag2 - Kyrie

Ella Sunlight (Eulogies) - John Estacio
Schulich Singers | McGill University
Emily Rice, soprano
Jean-Sébastien Vallée, director

publisher: Canadian Music Center

www.facebook.com/McGillChoral
www.jsvallee.com

Ella Sunlight - John Estacio

part of me

Katharine Petkovski is a composer and producer from Ontario, Canada. With a master’s degree in composition from the University of Toronto, where she received the prestigious Tecumseh Sherman Rogers Graduating Award upon completion, Katharine has written music for ensembles such as Odin Quartet, Bedford Trio, and the Exultate Chamber Singers. She is especially passionate about scoring music for film and tv and has had music in films appearing at BFI Flare Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, Inside Out Film Festival, and the Reel Asian Film Festival. 

Katharine's music has been used by Team Canada leading up to the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, and she was recently featured on CBC’s “30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30” 2022 edition list. Katharine resides in Toronto is an active member of the Screen Composer’s Guild of Canada, the Alliance for Women Film Composers, and the Association of Canadian Women Composers.