Name: CELESTIAL OBJECTS (2016) by Michael Bonaventure in CELESTIAL OBJECTS (2016/2025)
Duration: 4 min 37 s
Description: 'Arc of divine cacophony'. Premiered on 21 September 2016 by Automatronic at the Hexham Abbey Festival of Music & Arts. Subsequently performed at the Canterbury Festival 2016, North York Moors Chamber Music Festival 2017, St. James United Church Montréal 2019, Ypres Cathedral 2019 and broadcast a number of times on Resonance.fm (UK), Radio Onda Rossa (Italy) and Concertzender (NL).

CELESTIAL OBJECTS (2016/2025)

Originally heard as a solo electronic 'work in progress' at a Scottish Arts Trust concert in May 2023, "Celestial Objects II" was re-drafted and finalised with a significant organ part made for Lauren Redhead & Alistair Zaldua to perform in a concert during their residency at the 2023 Festival Registri in Venice. Here is their performance on 27 October 2023 featuring the 1745 Nachini organ in the Chiesa Isola di San Servolo.

The electronic part is punctuated by a 'phaser choir' singing short sequences of chords around a powerful 64' reed drone, over which the organ delivers slow-spreading clusters of light.

The piece has been performed many times subsequently in Europe and the UK by other artists and was broadcast on Spanish National Radio in December 2024.

https://laurenredhead.eu/post/Festival-Registri-2023-residency
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/tercera-via/intersecciones-031224/16356431/

CELESTIAL OBJECTS II (2023) (Live performance Lauren Redhead & Alistair Zaldua)

Stronger Than Fog

Metaphysical Earth Forces

The Long Bridge

The Secret Cave

Submission to naviarhaiku#559 https://naviarlab.tumblr.com
Haiku by Masaoka Shiki https://mypoeticside.com/poets/masaoka-shiki-poems
Picture by Makoto Tsuka https://unsplash.com/photos/a-person-holding-an-umbrella-in-the-rain--dbMuD2cznM

. . .
misty spring rains
umbrellas high and low
aboard the ferry
. . .

Naviarhaiku#559 /misty spring rains

ON WORDS: Q (2001)
World-première 10 OCT 2024 
THE SONORITY CABINET VIII - The SECRET CABINET
Grote Kerk, Oosthuizen, The Netherlands 

Michael Bonaventure, organ

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'ON WORDS' (2000-01) is a series of pieces based on the dictionary. 
The words were translated into music notation through Braille code. 
It is scored for any instrument(s).

In "ON WORDS: Q" a list of words starting with the letter Q is to be played in alphabetical order, resulting in a fascinating, evolving sonic experience.

Michael Bonaventure  played the complete list of 60 words in one go. Music in process.

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ON WORDS: Q 

01. QUACK 
02. QUAD 
03. QUADRANGLE 
04. QUADRUPLE 
05. QUADRUPLETS 
06. QUAGMIRE 
07. QUAIL 
08. QUAINT 
09. QUAKE 
10. QUAKER 
11. QUALIFICATION 
12. QUALIFY 
13. QUALITY 
14. QUALM 
15. QUANDARY 
16. QUANTITY 
17. QUARANTINE 
18. QUARREL 
19. QUARRY 
20. QUART 
21. QUARTER 
22. QUARTET(TE) 
23. QUARTZ 
24. QUASH 
25. QUASI- 
26. QUAVER 
27. QUAY 
28. QUEASY 
29. QUEEN 
30. QUEER 
31. QUELL 
32. QUENCH 
33. QUERY 
34. QUEST 
35. QUESTION 
36. QUEUE 
37. QUIBBLE 
38. QUICK 
39. QUID 
40. QUIET 
41. QUIETNESS 
42. QUILT 
43. QUIN 
44. QUINCE 
45. QUININE 
46. QUINTET(TE) 
47. QUINTUPLETS 
48. QUIP 
49. QUIRK 
50. QUIT 
51. QUITE 
52. QUITS 
53. QUIVER 
54. QUIZ 
55. QUOITS 
56. QUORUM 
57. QUOTA 
58. QUOTATION 
59. QUOTE 
60. QUOTIENT 




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ON WORDS: Q (2001)

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Ethereal Jungle

On The Threshold Of The Invisible

'Arc of divine cacophony'. Premiered on 21 September 2016 by Automatronic at the Hexham Abbey Festival of Music & Arts. Subsequently performed at the Canterbury Festival 2016, North York Moors Chamber Music Festival 2017, St. James United Church Montréal 2019, Ypres Cathedral 2019 and broadcast a number of times on Resonance.fm (UK), Radio Onda Rossa (Italy) and Concertzender (NL).

CELESTIAL OBJECTS (2016)

Musician based in Edinburgh & Amsterdam. 
https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-tenebris-ratione-organi
https://cantimagnetici.bandcamp.com/album/darenth
www.FireheadEditions.com
https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/michael-bonaventure 
www.scottishmusiccentre.com/michael-bonaventure

CELESTIAL OBJECTS (2016)

Michael Bonaventure

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