Name: CELESTIAL OBJECTS III (2025) by Michael Bonaventure in CELESTIAL OBJECTS (2016/2025)
Duration: 6 min 20 s
Description: Final solo organ part of my 'Celestial Objects' set of pieces. This recording is taken from its first performance on the mighty Harrison organ of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, UK on 2 October 2025.

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)

The only sound source here is my stratocaster with signal splitted to acoustic guitar soundhole magnetic pickup (which I played with my right hand as a pick/slide/ebow). Both signals went through Boss Line Selector, then some fuzz and for a short time my old Yamaha octaver. Last on the signal chain was Warm Audio Ring modulator which was mainly off. 

I composed a piece which has overlayered 1-3 tracks simultaniously. No post effects in DAW. For percussive parts and coda I played the springs of vibrato system. Those I miked with this magnetic acoustic guitar pickup.

The Burning Curiosity

Submission for Disquiet Junto #0720 - a combination of two cassette recordings from September 2023.

Crowded Ether (disquiet0720)

Slow slider moves on the Buchla Music Easel with looper.

SlowScape

light room

Little improvised song for Tanaka Hiroaki haiku:"
Whenever we meet
it’s raining
green walnuts"

We meet (naviarhaiku616)

2025-10-27

autumn in the tundra

Final solo organ part of my 'Celestial Objects' set of pieces. This recording is taken from its first performance on the mighty Harrison organ of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, UK on 2 October 2025.

CELESTIAL OBJECTS III (2025)

lirbefyl

2025-10-29

The Birth of Frankenstein

tridfoyl

incubation

'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 III (2025)

Michael Bonaventure

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