frenesí - piano samples study (2023)

Kali Ensemble @ Studio LOOS. 03/03/23

This piece was presented at the first concert of my research project at Studio LOOS, Making Time Together. Collective Experiences of Time in Continuous Ensemble Practice, in which I explored collective experiences of time in music through my continuous collaboration with Kali Ensemble.

Showcasing the results of the first of the two workshops with Kali, this instalment focused on different modes of listening and exploring their potential to influence the musicians’ and listeners’ temporal experiences. In preparing the concert, we paid special attention to the dynamic relationship between space and our experiences of time.

This concert and the research project were made possible with a subsidy from Makersregeling Gemeente Den Haag.

Kali is an ensemble based in the Hague. It consists of Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), İdil  Yunkuş (violin), Beste Yıldız (cello), and Nirantar Yakthumba (piano), and Gregor Connelly (electronics). They primarily work with young composers with whom they can collaborate and experiment over long periods. They aim to develop an artistic practice unique to their relationship with their collaborators. This way of working is of great importance to the musicians involved and formative to the ensemble’s own sound. Over the past years, they have formed close and active relationships with several young composers based in The Hague and they have become experts at performing their music, realizing many large-scale projects with great attention to detail.

SONGS OF DESPAIR, RAGE, AND HOPE

performed by Reinier van Houdt 
(roughly) recorded in the Hague, nov.02.2023, Zaal 3, during one of the stormiest nights of the year 
mixed & mastered by Lilita Dunska 

the piece may be performed on piano and/or guitar

for siblings (tempered)

Kali Ensemble Live @ KM28 2023.11.23

Kali Ensemble: İdil Yunkuş (violin), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), Guillermo Arnedo Frías (clarinet), Beste Yıldız (cello), Joel Gester Suárez (synth), Nirantar Yakthumba (harmonium)

berger (live excerpt)

robinson (live excerpt)

penrose (live excerpt)

Kapla (one way or another) commissioned by Netherlands Dance Company (NDT) Young Talents project
composition: Arefeh Hekmatpanah
percussion: Miguel Varela

Kapla (one way or another) part 3

the Additive Arrow (2021/22)

middle excerpt of a live recording

Lucy Railton, cello
Rebecca Lane, microtonal bass flute
Thomas Nicholson, secondary rainbow synthesizer

December 2023, Emmaus-Kirche, Berlin

the Additive Arrow (excerpt middle) Lane - Railton - Nicholson

after Conlon, Carson, Nederland, Nederland, etc�

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commissioned | Het Orgelpark
for | The Busy Drone, mechanical and midi-controlled barrel organ
premiered | Het Orgelpark, October 27, 2023
photo | Julia Bovee <3

To Make a Joyful Noise

the being/the world (2024)
for Juliet Fraser and Ensemble Musikfabrik

extract recording: 
scene 10: the atmospheric agent, 
scene 11: aria (happiness) [from 4:28], 
and part of scene 12: ensemble (love) [from 10:00]

premiere recording extract from WDR, Köln on 3 March 2024

total piece duration: 1 hour

in loving memory of Amelia Cuni

commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW
photograph: Janet Sinica

the being/the world (2024) scenes 10, 11, 12 (extract)

बगलामुखी (Bagalāmukhi)
Nirantar Yakthumba
[baroque traverso, live electronics]
2024

Resonances
May 2024
Maranatha Church, The Hague

Navigating the harmonic field exponentially generated by the 31st root of 2. Discovering simple connections within remote relations and articulating latent potentials of melody.

बगलामुखी (Bagalāmukhi) [live excerpt]

nirantar

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