Honouring the wrathful (energizing and energy clearing) Buddhist 'deity', this 7 movement work, when performed live, has the horn player moving to five locations in the performance space to outline a mandala. The cellist remains seated throughout. 
Extended just intonation, with the 1st movement featuring harmonics 1-31 of the low horn in C. 
Originally released in 2003.
credits
released September 26, 2020 
Matthew Farrell - cello 
Michael Hugh Dixon - horn

Heruka

Forest Collective
Flutes - Kim Tan
Recorder - Ryan Williams
Clarinet - Ryan Lynch
Horn - Phoebe Smithies
Trombone - Trea Hindley
Keyboard - Evan J Lawson
Cello - Rosanne Hunt

Audio recording by Old Skool Audio.
La Mama Theatre, October 2023.

The full opera 'The Sea' plays at Abbotsford Convent 7-10 December, presented by Forest Collective and BK Opera.
www.forestcollective.com.au/projects/thesea

The Sea - Part I & V (2023) performed by Forest Collective (live)

Bakrnčev (which also appears as Bakrncev or Bakrnchev) can be pronounced in the following ways:

ba-KARN-chev (Anglicised, this is the best way for non-Slavic speakers to pronounce the name)

ba-KRN-chev (Correct Macedonian pronunciation)

Many thanks to Margarita Vasileva for assisting.

How to say Bakrnčev - Ba - Karn - Chev

"Translations for Orchestra" Composed by Michael Bakrnčev – 2013/2014

Conductor – Johannes Fritzsch
Live Performance by the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, 2014

Bakrnčev’s “Translations for Orchestra” is an emotionally charged musical journey inspired by the heroic efforts of young Afghan activist Malala Yousafzai. The composer blends classical and folkloric styles with the technique of ‘monochromaticism’ to translate Yousafzai’s quotes into musical pitches, creating an explosive and powerful expression of the fight for girls’ education. 

This work also incorporates texts from Frank Zappa, who expressed strong opinions about the decay of the education system in the United States, creating a contrast between two different periods in time, both focused on the theme of education. The orchestral work serves as an early and powerful example of the composer’s use of monochromaticism and his ability to translate powerful messages into musical form.

Complete recording available on all streaming services

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The piece aims to showcase unstability, shimmering moments of optimism, gun shots as depicted by percussion in the middle of the piece, folk melodies, controlled chaos and ultimately a strong and firm assertion that Malala's vision for education cannot and will not be destroyed.

This is the premiere recording performed by the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, in October 2015, conducted by Maestro Johannes Fritzsch.

Translations For Orchestra - Malala

"Beloved one, please come, and lean your arms on this window-ledge. Look out. Do you see the wonderful immensity of space in front of you? Do you see the vast blue ocean? Do you see the sunlight on the wings of the seagull? Looking out you see immensity, but looking in you also see immensity. The world inside is as vast as the world outside. In fact, reality transcends both the notions of inside and outside. That special window is everywhere—it is in you and in me. It helps us to see the world of no birth and no death, no coming and no going."

from "Inside the Now" by Thich Nhat Hanh:



This was my first time using the amazing app StaffPad - an intense three days of learning the software and writing a new piece - but I learned a lot :)

How to say Bakrnčev - Ba - Karn - Chev

Michael A. Bakrnčev

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