Velazquez

Yarn/Wire
New Music Brandeis - March 2022

Russell Greenberg, Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Laura Barger, Julia Den Boer, piano

Thank you, James Praznik, recording engineer

memory-palace: Quilts for San Francisco (2022)

Lynday Promane, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Boda, organ
Michael Murphy, glockenspiel
Evan Bowen, tam-tam and chimes

April 10th, 2022
Saint Matthew's Anglican Church, Islington

1. Stabat mater dolorósa
juxta Crucem lacrimósa,
dum pendébat Fílius.

2. Cuius ánimam geméntem,
contristátam et doléntem
pertransívit gládius.

3. O quam tristis et afflícta
fuit illa benedícta,
mater Unigéniti!

4. Quae mœrébat et dolébat,
pia Mater, dum vidébat
nati pœnas ínclyti.

5. Quis est homo qui non fleret,
matrem Christi si vidéret
in tanto supplício?

6. Quis non posset contristári
Christi Matrem contemplári
doléntem cum Fílio?

7. Pro peccátis suæ gentis
vidit Jésum in torméntis,
et flagéllis súbditum.

(Organ solo: "...and they led Him away to be crucified.")

8. Vidit suum dulcem Natum
moriéndo desolátum,
dum emísit spíritum.

9. O, Mater, fons amóris
me sentíre vim dolóris
fac, ut tecum lúgeam.

10. Fac, ut árdeat cor meum
in amándo Christum Deum
ut sibi compláceam.

11. Quando corpus moriétur,
fac, ut ánimæ donétur
paradísi glória. Amen.

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The sorrowful mother was standing
beside the Cross weeping,
while the Son was hanging.

Whose moaning soul,
depressed and grieving,
the sword has passed through.

O how sad and stricken
was that blessed [woman],
mother of the Only-begotten [one]!

Who was mourning and suffering,
the pious Mother, while she was watching
the punishments of the glorious son.

Who is the person who would not weep,
if he had seen the mother of Christ
in such great suffering?

Who would not be able to be saddened
to behold the Mother of Christ
grieving with the Son?

For the sins of his people
she saw Jesus in torments,
and subjected to lashes.

(Organ solo: "...and they led Him away to be crucified.")

She saw her sweet Son
dying forsaken,
while he sent forth [his] spirit.

Come now, O Mother, fountain of love
Make me feel the power of sorrow
that I might mourn with you.

Grant that my heart may burn
in loving Christ the God
that I might please him.

When the body will decay,
grant that it may be bestowed on [my] soul
the glory of paradise. Amen.

Stabat Mater (2021) for soprano, organ and percussion

Poem by Constantine Cavafy.  Courtenay Budd , soprano solo, University of Illinois Oratorio Society, Chamber Singers, and Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Megill, conductor.  World Premiere 30 April 2023.

In The Month Of Athyr (2023)

Semibegun - Kill Slay Nothing

Tower of Meaning (Russell; NY remix)

excerpt from score for Conversation With the Roots (2014)

performed by The St. Olaf Percussion Ensemble
for 8 performers and fixed media

April 26, 2018
Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

This work is an audio presentation on "inspirational music-making and radical entrepreneurship" which are two things that I largely dislike so the work is supposed to be a bit funny, I suppose.

The work has no globally unifying notation or a score in the traditional sense, rather, the 8 performers all are given sonic signs which are present in the fixed media (audio score) which trigger an action to occur in performance.

The work uses traditional percussion instruments as well as lamps.

Photography by: Steven Garcia
Used w/ permission by St. Olaf College Media 2018

yeah uh hmm, for 8 performers and audio score

Ludovico ensemble, sinfonietta

The idea behind this piece originated with my interest in the Taiwanese identity. Over a period spanning centuries, this identity has been constantly shifting; it was shaped time and again by historic events and external influences. The situations are so complicated that we usually speak of them in a political way; however, as a Taiwanese people our self-identification requires more intimate terms. We have our own, distinct culture. Whether aboriginal or the immigrant descendants from Southeast Asia, the Taiwanese have their own values and cultural heritage to stand for. On this theme I have woven struggle, fear, fury, powerlessness, and a small amount of relief into the structure of a musical piece in attempt to express my concern for and pay tribute to genuine Taiwanese values in the form of an abstract, artistic creation.

Vanishing continuation

Premiere of Yu Tung Cheng's "Le Deuil - in 5 minutes! recap" for voice and large ensemble at the 2019 Composers Conference, performed by the Conference Ensemble, conducted by James Baker with soloist Sharon Harms.

Yu Tung Cheng was a 2019 Composer Fellow at the Composers Conference.

memory-palace: Quilts for San Francisco (2022)

NIKO YAMAMOTO

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