(glueing these birds to your arms has been great but I've grown to hate you.) [compromised]
by Nolan Krell
2016

Dave Riedstra - electric bass

Recorded May, 2016
PTY Recital Hall, University of Victoria
http://www.supermegacomics.com/index.php?i=221

(glueing these birds to your arms has been great but I've grown to hate you.) [compromised]

by Nolan Krell
the forces of deformation, which seize the Figure's body and head, and become visible whenever the head shakes off its face
for large wind ensemble
2016-17

performed at a reading session (Feb. 14, 2017) by the University of Manitoba Wind Ensemble and Jacquie Dawson (cond.).

Image: Francis Bacon: Self-Portrait (1971)

the forces of deformation...

Nolan Krell
Why so bright? Why cast a shadow on anything?
for two percussionists (and optional electronics)
2016

Caroline Bucher and Andrew Nazer, percussion
(version without electronics)
Recorded in concert, February 15, 2017
Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Why so bright? Why cast a shadow on anything?

Nolan Krell
and then yr gone in italics and ellipses
for flute, bassoon, and trumpet
2017

Performed by Bailey Finley, flute; Chrysta Wallin, bassoon; Emily McDermid, trumpet
PTY Recital Hall, University of Victoria
April 9, 2017

and then yr gone in italics and ellipses

- Avanzi col capo voltato sempre all'indietro? - oppure: - Ciò che vedi è sempre alle tue spalle? - o meglio: - Il tuo viaggio si svolge solo nel passato?
by Nolan Krell
for voice and electronics
2017

Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins - voice
Nathan Friedman - electronics

Recorded live on May 18, 2017

- Avanzi col capo voltato sempre all'indietro? ...

[halving // halving]
by Nolan Krell
for fixed media
2018

[having // halving]

refortified // retrofitted: two instances
By Nolan Krell
for solo Bb Clarinet
2017

Heather Roche - clarinet

Recorded live, University of Victoria, PTY Hall, February 3, 2018.

Special thanks to Liam Hockley for his insights on and reading of this piece.

refortified // retrofitted: two instances

both // and
By Nolan Krell
for amplified ensemble and electronics
2017-18

Victoria Sparks - percussion and electronics
Andrew Goodlett - guitar
Madeline Hildebrand - piano and electronics
Chris Anstey - violin
Emma Quackenbush - 'cello
Nolan Krell - conducting

University of Manitoba, Tache Music Addition, Winnipeg, Canada.
March 11, 2018.

both // and

druck // durch
By Nolan Krell
for orchestra
2017

University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra
Osvaldo Ferraz, cond.

Recorded live, Westminster United Church, Winnipeg MB, April 4, 2018.

Special thanks to Julian Pellicano, Osvaldo Ferraz, Minna Chung, Katherine Penner, and Isaac Tate.

druck // durch

there are no faces
by Nolan Krell
for fixed media
2020

there are no faces

mired
By Nolan Krell
for 5 voices and visual media
2020-21

Nolan Krell: voices

Part 1 of "a knife at all times"

mired

Nolan Krell is a composer of experimental music.

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