A piece I wrote a while ago, it is a dreary day so I felt like posting this because of its cozy and warm qualities!

For My Heart To Yours

A virtuosic, Ravel and Debussy-inspired piece for solo piano, in which I wanted to capture the graceful, ever-changing imagery of flowing water. Originally written as a gift for my friend Harriet Grainger's college graduation.

PERFORMANCE CREDIT GOES TO KINA MIYAMOTO! https://soundcloud.com/kina-miyamoto

All the Light we Cannot See

A short orchestral piece I composed using the virtual instrument library VSL

Prelude: Son of the Mountain God

This piece was performed and recorded by the marvelous flutist Rebecca Jefferys  and pianist Molly Lozeau. After the premier of my piece 'Ephemeros' at the Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival in Portland Maine this May, Rebecca-- who performed in Francis Kayali's new piece-- messaged me and asked if I had any pieces for flute and piano, and I immediately sent her this piece, which had never been played! I feel very honored to have such excellent musician-professors play this piece, as they bring it to life with the full extent of their passion and marvelous virtuosic skill! 

It will also be premiered live at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire on October 1st!!

SnowFeather

This is the first movement of my new piece 'Ephemeros', and was composed and premiered for the Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival 2018 that was held this May in Portland, Maine. It was performed by the Seven Seasons New Music Ensemble. The ensemble is flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello!

Ephemeros Movement I  Nascence

This is the second movement of my new piece 'Ephemeros', and was composed and premiered for the Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival 2018 that was held this May in Portland, Maine. It was performed by the Seven Seasons New Music Ensemble. The ensemble is flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello!

Ephemeros Movement II  Bloom

This is a short piano piece I wrote, for a new play that was unfortunately never produced, but it was fun writing the theme! I hope to use it in one way or another at some point in the future!

Silent Rain

This piece was selected by Oslo-based Ensemble +47's call for scores for chromatic accordion, violin, and cello, to be performed as a part of the HighSCORE 2019 Contemporary Music Festival's concert series.

It was inspired and solely based upon a piece by the same name, "Caught in Your Chrysalis, We Grow" (pictured), by the masterful  Portland Oregon-based artist Hazel Glass. 

https://www.artbyhazelglass.com

I wanted to convey a sense of growing outward from nothing, beginning from the very first paper layer in the background, and slowly evolving into the foreground. To capture this, the piece begins subtly with a sparse but collective texture, and then becomes more complex and varied as each layer progresses until finally reaching the energetic,  foremost layer at the end. 

Hazel's magnificent masterworks will continue to inspire future pieces, and I feel very honored to have had this work performed and to be able to give back to an artist who inspires me! 


ENSEMBLE 47: https://www.facebook.com/pluss47/

A massive, heartfelt thanks to Andreas Reddende Angell (accordion), Gabriel Elfberg (cello), and Victoria Seline Stokland (violin) for bringing this piece to life!!

Caught In Your Chrysalis, We Grow

This piece was written for and performed by Belarus-based violist Katerina Shapochka, as a part of the HighSCORE 2019 Contemporary Music Festival's concert series.

It was inspired and solely based upon a piece by the same name, "Astraeus Welcomes the Storm" (pictured), by the masterful Portland Oregon-based artist Hazel Glass. 

https://www.artbyhazelglass.com

I wanted to convey a sense of a turbulent storm at sea, while at the same time maintaining a sense of calm, following what this papercut piece told me. There are moments of anger, rushing frustration, mystery, but also moments of serenity and grace. 

Hazel's magnificent masterworks will continue to inspire future pieces, and I feel very honored to have had this work performed and to be able to give back to an artist who inspires me! 


A massive, heartfelt thanks to the brilliant Katerina Shapochka for bringing this piece to life!!

Astraeus Welcomes The Storm

Written for and premiered/performed by the brilliant Portland Piano Trio!

Premiered at Bates College in Lewiston, and at Mechanics Hall in Portland, ME.

When researching astronomical terms to find inspiration for the piece, the word ‘syzygy’ struck me the most. It means a ‘conjunction or opposition’ of planets, as well as the term used when three planets are visible at the same time in the night sky. This also coincides with the fact that the piece is my first piano trio, three entirely different instruments and worlds of sound.
Each instrument can be considered a ‘planet’ with its own characteristics; the violin is fiery and energetic, the piano is atmospheric and grand, and the cello is vibrant and sonorous. 

Each of the instruments has its own solo exposition, and then suddenly become visible to each other, which is the first time all three play together in a burst of light led by the cello. As the piece progresses it becomes more complex, and almost manic, until finally each instrument detaches from each other and retreats back into its own realm.

Syzygy

The live version of my piece 'Hidden Truths' for cello (Benjamin Noyes), accordion (myself) and recorded piano! 

From our gig at The Blue Cafe at the Camden Opera House!

Hidden Truths (live)

Not only do I write classically-oriented compositions, I also love to write my own traditional Celtic-oriented pieces! This is one of my standard accordion tunes, that I have reworked for Celtic ensemble!

Wayward

A freeform improv written for some peace of mind in these Corona times <3

Honey - Colored

Another one of my original accordion-to-Celtic ensemble pieces, a happy little piece for these uncertain times!

Elodie of the Sea

A Remaster of my video game-inspired soundtrack piece, The Oracle's Lullaby!

The Oracle's Lullaby (remastered)

This piece was created using a variety of virtual instruments such as EastWest, Tarintole, and VSL. 

The piece also sonically illustrates a masterful handcut 81-layer papercut work of the same name by Hazel Glass. Please check out the work on her website at the link below!!

https://www.artbyhazelglass.com/2019?pgid=jqd1o1lg-9e0dc9df-af49-4230-b252-9633e7531be9

Where the Sky Fell

This piece was originally composed for solo accordion, but recently I have expanded it for my arsenal of virtual instruments, giving it the instrumentation I have always wanted for it-- choir, oboe, horns, strings, and uilleann pipes.

It is a powerful and emotional piece, meant to be a hymn to the fallen. I originally intended to post it on Memorial Day to honor our Heroes, but it also extends to the innocent lives that have been stolen due to racial injustice, and the lives lost and  destroyed in Ukraine.

Farewell: Hymn to the Fallen

Marianna Filippi is a professional composer of chamber music, and received her BMUS Hons degree in composition at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales.

She is now studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Denmark pursuing her Masters of Composition.

Marianna Filippi

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