Can't remember if I've commented on this before- but I am so glad a recording is up of this! I loved playing it!

Performed by:
Becca Topp, soprano
Stan Chen, violin
Kaytea Glen, flute
Sarah Padovani, clarinet
David Potvin, piano
Andrew Johnson, marimba
Conducted by Brian Topp

Composed by Brian Topp. Text by Rupert Brooke.
Recorded live by Kall Binaural Audio, March 16, 2011 in Denton Hall, Wolfville NS.

"The Life Beyond" composed by Brian Topp

04 Barry Cockcroft  Kuku

Hendrawati mamaos, 
Endang Sukandar suling, 
Dede Suparman kacapi indung, 
Okta Herawan & Rijali Shidiq kacapi rincik

from Album Emas Lagu-Lagu Panambih Vol. 1 - go out and buy it!

extract from Lokatmala (lagu panambih)

"But when I recall two years ago now, it gives me chills to remember this moment where, despite teargas 
and mass arrests, there was this hope that we could at least have a more meaningful conversation"

- Anna Sheftel

This piece is the story of an idea. It is tentatively explored and gathers steam despite a violent 
opposition. After everything, the idea has not taken root, but still lives on in our minds.

Violin I: Grace Takeda
Violin II: Ayla Boz
Viola: Luca Casciato
Violoncello: Emma Grant-Zypchen

Written for the Orford Summer Academy Creation workshop, 2014

Carré Rouge

University of Texas at Austin Wind Ensemble's live performance of my work for wind ensemble + electronics. More information and score:http://www.stevenbryant.com/ecstaticwaters.php

Ecstatic Waters (CBDNA 2009)

Music by Cathy Kuo 
Text   by  Satoshi Yokoyama
Sasha Kaye- voice
Vivian Chen-  harp
Tian Ip-  GuZheng ( 古箏)
Benibana-sou  紅花想                         by Satoshi Yokoyama
紅い花を摘む幼子の          
A little child picking red flowers
 その名を問う無垢な瞳は   
Innocent eyes ask me the name of the flower
その名を問うばかりではなく  Not only asking it
私に生命を語らせる        But make me tell about life
  
幼子の手の温もりも         Warmth of a little child's hand
すべきかたなし花の命      Can do nothing for flower's life
すべきかたなきことならば    If it can do nothing
 ただ温もりを眼を閉じて    Just close my eyes for the warmth
  
両の手が空へ向こうなら           
 When my both of arms are reached towards the sky
わたしが伸ばすのか、九天が招くのか 
 Do I extend them, the sky invite them
紅い花籠を背負うなら             
 When I carry a flower basket on my back
 旅は始まるのか、終わりへ向こうのか  
Does a journey begin, go to the end
  
別れるも出会うも同意 
 It's a same meaning a meeting and a parting
心に問うて耳を澄ます   Ask and listen it to my heart
心に問うばかりではなく  Not only asking it
私は生命を語ろうか    Shall I tell about life
 
すべての生命を語るなら             
When I tell about life of all things
 わたしは近づくのか、野に放たれるのか 
 Am I approaching, released to a field
 
 両の手が空へ向こうなら           When my both of arms are reached towards the sky
 わたしが伸ばすのか、九天が招くのか 
Do I extend them, the sky invite them
紅い花籠を背負うなら             
When I carry a flower basket on my back
 旅は始まるのか、終わりへ向こうのか 
 Does a journey begin, go to the end

Benibana-sou ( 紅花想)  Part 1

Benibana-sou  紅花想                         by Satoshi Yokoyama
紅い花を摘む幼子の          
A little child picking red flowers
 その名を問う無垢な瞳は   
Innocent eyes ask me the name of the flower
その名を問うばかりではなく  Not only asking it
私に生命を語らせる        But make me tell about life
  
幼子の手の温もりも         Warmth of a little child's hand
すべきかたなし花の命      Can do nothing for flower's life
すべきかたなきことならば    If it can do nothing
 ただ温もりを眼を閉じて    Just close my eyes for the warmth
  
両の手が空へ向こうなら           
 When my both of arms are reached towards the sky
わたしが伸ばすのか、九天が招くのか 
 Do I extend them, the sky invite them
紅い花籠を背負うなら             
 When I carry a flower basket on my back
 旅は始まるのか、終わりへ向こうのか  
Does a journey begin, go to the end
  
別れるも出会うも同意 
 It's a same meaning a meeting and a parting
心に問うて耳を澄ます   Ask and listen it to my heart
心に問うばかりではなく  Not only asking it
私は生命を語ろうか    Shall I tell about life
 
すべての生命を語るなら             
When I tell about life of all things
 わたしは近づくのか、野に放たれるのか 
 Am I approaching, released to a field
 
 両の手が空へ向こうなら           When my both of arms are reached towards the sky
 わたしが伸ばすのか、九天が招くのか 
Do I extend them, the sky invite them
紅い花籠を背負うなら             
When I carry a flower basket on my back
 旅は始まるのか、終わりへ向こうのか 
 Does a journey begin, go to the end


Benibana - sou  紅花想  part 2 ( pls click the track for the texts of the song)

Songwriting cred to Jahsun Drms and Sebastien Wen.

Drums: Jahsun Drms
Vocals: Sebastien Wen
Vocal effects: Tanya Evanson

What's so beautiful about you?

Here's a little taster of some of the pieces we will be playing on Saturday, performed by Rachel Swindells (suling) and Simon Cook (kacapi).  The snippets are Sekar Manis - Arang-Arang - Mupu Kembang - Kingkilaban

KACAPI SULING taster

Violin Concerto

The Great Firewall of China - version 2 (2012)
composed by Lucas Oickle
lucasoickle.com

PERFORMERS: TEMPO New Music Ensemble
VENUE: Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall; Clarice Smith Performing Arts Centre (College Park, Maryland)
DATE: April 29th 2013

Meghan Shinley, flute
Emily Robinson, clarinet
Molly Hollingsworth, violin
Alex Boatright, cello
Paul Keesling, percussion
Eric Plewinski, percussion

------------------------
TEMPO New Music Ensemble:

Alexandra T. Bryant, artistic director 
Mark Nowakowski, administrator 
Geoff Sheil, administrator/sound 
Lee Hinkle, faculty advisor

This live recording was taken from the TEMPO NME's spring finale concert, 'In aeternum'. 'The Great Firewall of China' was selected from over 100 submitted pieces as the winner of TEMPO's 2013 call for scores, and then subsequently programmed as the opener to this programme in Maryland. Thank you so much to TEMPO for doing such a lovely job on this piece!

*See the full programme here:
http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/sites/default/files/program-notes/cspac_042913_TEMPO.pdf

The Great Firewall of China (2012)

Nova Scotian composer currently based in Vancouver, BC, where he lives with his wife Chihiro, their two cats Taro & Ponzu, and at one time a banana tree named Nana-chan (R.I.P.)

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The Great Firewall of China (2012)

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