The 3rd movement from 'The Celestial Palace'

1989 (complete work appx. 25’)
2 mezzo-sopranos and ensemble
alto.fl.0.3.0 – 1.0.3.0 – 2pnos, 2 perc, – 5 vc

This work relates the legend of the Phimeanakas, The Celestial Palace, that lies in the heart of the ancient city of Angkor Thom. Each and every night the King had to have union with the serpent goddess in order for good to come to the Khmer kingdom. Failure to have this union would bring calamity to the empire. The work is structured on the physical shape of the Phimeanakas, it uses original Sanskrit texts found on the steles of the ancient Khmer kingdom and the narratives contained within are symbolised in a host of ways. This work became the central (and most intimate) act of a five act opera 'Bayon', that celebrates the life of Jayavarman VII, the most famous and extraordinary of the ancient Khmer rulers. © Paul Max Edlin 2016

The performers on this recording are RCM Twentieth Century Ensemble conducted by Edwin Roxburgh.

The illustration is by Louis Delaporte (1842 – 1925)

A film version of this complete work is available on You Tube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FmTMxiMZbQ&t=273s

III 'Evocation I' - The Celestial Palace (1989)

Movement II

Sketchbook: Sunset

Inspired by the ancient and the contemporary: 
''octogon branches'' is a work centered around 8 drone like ''moments'', created by synthesizer connected together by low gentle tamtam hits,  and is interwoven by chants, glassbowl and a bit of brass:)

Octogon branches

Sketchbook: Black Water

Они любили (на стихи М.Ю. Лермонтова) 2012

Sketchbook: Shadowman

This is my first full piano solo album.
Written and recorded by me at home, it tells a deep, real life story.
Each track's title is the line of a poem that explains the story, and each piece of music gives emotional content to the story.  I hope you like this little project and stick around for more soon.

Thanks.
Feathersmith

Remember The Day

Some time ago Irunak/Musical Alchemy contacted me and asked me whether I would be interested in doing an electroacoustic rework of one of his tracks, “Octogon Branches” (which you can listen to here: https://soundcloud.com/musicalalchemy-545093364/octogon-tree). The track that I came up with appears (but only appears) to have taken a kind of sample from the original one and a weird kind of micro-melody has crept in ... I organized the resulting material in a sequence of 3 (or perhaps 4) sonic spaces that are linked together by transitions.

Octogon Branches René Baptist Huysmans Remix (2019)

“roots and ripples” 
…earthy scratches, smears, thumps and bumps, and ringing, clear bell tones sometimes crashing and crackling…
This was an internet exchange. The album preview piece was one of 3 that Reid Karris initiated and I added my part to. I likewise made 3 that he added to.
Thanks!
Wilhelm Matthies
Reid Karris
Please leave a comment on the track!
Hear the whole album here:
http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/pyr272-wilhelm-matthies-and-reid-karris-roots-and-ripples/?fbclid=IwAR3406g6On9LDp-hoqUpwg2_G6cna8UdmMe4gy7VyAJPgJjZ6Vrx0r9FUrY

Roots And Ripples (Matthies & Karris album preview)

Hello to you all in this great network of music makers and listeners! You will find here compositions inspired by different kinds of musics, created in ways to extend the listening experience.

Octogon branches

musical alchemy