Turbulence (2006): P: Jaan Varts (electric guitar), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, c. Risto Joost.

Programme note

Crosswinds, flickering, a breeze. The sound of a ferry coming ashore, or a plane shivering in a tempest. These and other ideas used in this work came to life during a ferry trip to Hiiumaa island, listening to various noises of the engine and the rattling of the ship, until,  suddenly, music emerged from the noise -- strong and powerful. 
The ideas were further developed during some plane trips, and there was even a part played by a "wistful factory" in Visby that, due to complaints from the neighborhood, no longer "sings", but once inspired me with the sounds of its machinery.

A symphony orchestra, which uses electric instruments and alters its sound live, augmenting classical soundscapes with modern technology. Here, natural sounds meet mechanical sounds, weaving a unified musical fabric. The result is a sonorous jungle illustrating the workings of a machinery and the beauty of creaks and rattles therein; sounds that are so common in our landscapes and environment, and so often considered terrible, but true gems nonetheless.

Turbulence

Excerpts from the premiere of Mirjam Tally's Allé, recorded live in the Allhelgona church, Lund, Sweden, 18th of November 2022

Trio Vilse:
Natalie Eriksson, bass clarinet
Ida Höög, Paetzold kontrabass recorder
Alvi Joensen, guitar

Mirjam Tally - Allé (excerpts from the premiere)

Apparitions (2022, Part 1, excerpt). Commissioned by the Swedish Radio. “Apparitions” has nearly a religious title for several reasons. The music conveys the spiritual world in the form of soundscapes with ghostly moods. Prolonged dark sounds are lightened by choir-like flashes of light and overtones. Pop-like rhythms are mixed with hissing, whispers and multitones, Rubber balls run along strings, the double bass screaming loudly and the bassoon hissing like a teapot with boiling water. Blowing sounds roll in like the waves on the beach and the voices inhale like asthmatics do. In my work I use a whole palette of different advanced playing techniques on several instruments combined with voices and electronic material. For several years I have been collecting sounds, mostly in Sweden and Iceland. Recorded sounds of harpsichord (Guðrún Óskarsdóttir), double bass (Jonas Nilsson), voice (Matilda Andersson and Mirjam Tally) and bassoon (Anders Matell).

Apparitions (2022, excerpt)

Recorded at Trossingen University for Music - Konzerthaus, April 2014
Interpretes: Open Source Guitars
Conductor: Helmut Oesterreich
Recording: Robin Boes, Wolfgang Mittermaier
Mix&Mastering: Robin Boes

El Aleph by Smaro Gregoriadou (I. Prism)

Sky Over The Lake (2023) for mixed choir and sound objects. Text by Ann Keniston. P: Swedish Radio Choir, c. Kaspars Putnins, Arve Henriksen (trumpet), Anders Jormin (contrabas), Sinikka Langeland (kantele). Baltic Sea Festival 2023.

Sky Over The Lake

Mirjam Tally
Swinburne (2000)

Tekst/text: Hasso Krull 

Ardo Ran Varres (lugeja/narrator), Iris Oja (sopran/soprano), Alar Pintsaar (bariton/baritone), Robert Jürjendal (elektrikitarr/electric guitar), Vambola Krigul (löökpillid/percussion), Külli Möls (akordion/accordion)

Mirjam Tally (1976)
Jaanuar: Põhja-Tallinn
http://www.emic.ee/helilooja/mirjamtally
http://www.emic.ee/helilooja/mirjamtally?lang=eng

http://helilooja.ee/liikmed.php?pid=88

Mirjam Tally - Swinburne

Tundra. P: Mirjam Tally (electronics). Tuva throat singing mixed with ambient sounds.

Tundra

Sad Factory (2006. Environmental recording of a "singing" factory.

El Aleph by Smaro Gregoriadou (I. Prism)

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