Lemon

Malcolm Goldstein, violin
Marc Sabat, viola

In the piece “3 Chorales for Harry Partch”, my music explores Partch’s concept of “utonality”, which constructs the minor triad as an inverted mirror-image of the major triad. Since the major triad is derived from the harmonic series, i.e. 4-5-6, and may be extended upward by taking additional overtones, i.e. 4-5-6-7-9-11, Partch suggests a parallel notion for the construction of the minor triad, by taking intervals from a subharmonic series. There is an inherent paradox in this construction, since the overtone chords “fit” into a fundamental (1) and form a consonant blend, whereas the undertone chords tend to produce much more complex-sounding (dissonant) structures. In my composition, a single “utonal” chord is gradually constructed, pitch-by-pitch, over three phrases. The undertones appear in the following sequence:    

(1) 12 (D) - 8 (A) - 9 (G)      
(2) 12 - 10 - 8 - 11    
(3) 8 - 11 - 12 - 14 - 10 - 9

3 Chorales for Harry Partch (1993)

innova 905
http://www.innova.mu/albums/jeffrey-zeigler/something-life

John Zorn: Babel

Fabrik Quartet
Violin I - Federico Ceppetelli
Violin II - Adam Woodward
Viola - Jacobo Díaz Robledillo
Violoncello - Elena Cappelletti

Un concertino di angeli contro le pareti del mio cranio (2020) - Hèctor Parra

Written for and Premiered by Mivos Quartet
July 13th, 2024
Audio by Yeonsuk Jung

Stargaze for string quartet (2024)

In 1946, after a near fatal heart attack Schönberg lay in bed, in fevered dreams he knew that he had to finish the string trio he had begun just a month before. The work took on a total new meaning after his brush with the reaper, and he worked tirelessly to finish it only 2 weeks. 
Arnold wistfully reminiscences for his hometown of Vienna, recounts the phantasmagoric and absurdist experience on the operating table, where a syringe to the heart saved his life,  and gives us a glimpse at what he experienced while floating between existence and the void. 

Violin - Mishi Stern
Viola - Robin Kirklar
Cello - Nathan Watts

Recorded with Live in Freiburg in May 2024 with Zoom H4. Thanks a lot to Frank Dasent for touching up the levels a bit!

Arnold Schoenberg. String Trio.

Premiere performance by ELISION Ensemble on December 15th, 2024 at the Melbourne Recital Centre.

Harry Ward, violin
Freya Schack-Arnott, cello

[pictured: "Bloc de glace, forêt de Fontainebleau" by Charlotte Perriand]

Pnema II (2020) for violin and cello

Upcoming album of portuguese sound designer Pedro Andres & Berlin based turntablist and composer Ignaz Schick. Recorded at Altes Finanzamt Berlin in 2014.

Overdue Pt. 5

Vocal: Kate Wadey 
Double Bass: Samuel Dobson 
Piano: Harry Sutherland

God Bless The Child

Recorded January 2017 at Findars Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia.
This are the last five minutes of a set I performed there recently. I simply forgot to switch on the recorder. So here is the happy ending of a set I had big pleasure in playing for a small but dedicated audience.

Live

Almost Happy Ending

premiered 18/11/17
SPIRAL
flute I - Johannes MacDonald
flute II - Josephine Macken
synthesiser - Oscar Smith
wurlitzer - Sarah Elise Thompson

Arnold Schoenberg. String Trio.

Mishi Stern

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