Recordings of some of my composed works are featured here. 

Works by Pia Palme

Part of a composition for a vocalist and a paper sculpture, feathers, percussion, analog electronics, flauto traverso, cembalo, viola da gamba. Total duration: 18 minutes. Performed Dec. 2013 at 'DUNKLE ZEITEN WIEN' by Lore Lixenberg/mezzosoprano, Berndt Thurner/perc., Pia Palme/elec., Sylvie Lacroix/fl. traverso, Sonja Leipold/cemb., Eva Neunhäuserer/viola d.gamba.

BUT STILL ATTACHED TO LIFE AT ALL FOUR CORNERS_cut2(Palme 12/2013)

Garth Knox performing GIB SIE WIEDER HER a warning commentary on resonance I 
for viola d'amore, contrabass recorder & electronics. Resonant strings transduced into a wooden box on stage.

Sample from 2nd part, with written score and audio score. 
Live recorded at first performance, Huddersfield, St. Paul's Hall, 2014. 

GIB SIE WIEDER HER a warning / cut 1 (Pia Palme 2014)

Garth Knox and Pia Palme performing the 3rd part of: 
GIB SIE WIEDER HER a warning commentary on resonance I, 
for viola d'amore, contrabass recorder and electronics. Resonant strings and vocal playback transduced into a wooden box on stage.

Live recorded at first performance, St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield 2014.

GIB SIE WIEDER HER a warning / cut 2 (Pia Palme 2014)

This is the track transduced into the harp, from the piece GIB SIE WIEDER for harp and electronics composed by Pia Palme (2014). It contains vocals performed by Claudia Cervenka, and a harp score performed by Gabriela Mossyrsch, and feedback sounds & noises.

The piece centers around aspects of resonance.

There is a second score for the 'outside' harpist. The inside track is a piece in itself; transduced into the harp it will be 'equalized' by the resonance of the instrument. Text by Pia Palme.

Inside the harp / GIB SIE WIEDER (PP 2014)

SPANNWEITE is a collaborative composition of noises, 2014. 
All sounds: students of the Vorarlberger Mittelschule Hittisau, with their self-made artistic objects. Recorded in a workshop with Pia Palme at Frauenmuseum Hittisau. Sound design, arrangement and production: Pia Palme. 

Texts and objects were created by the students, in a workshop with artist Barbara Anna Husar, for her project ‘Soziale Plastik INTERFRITTI HITTISAU’ with the students. Performance by dancer Aiko Kazuko Kurosaki at the presentation, all at Frauenmuseum Hittisau 2014.

See under: http://interfritti-hittisau.tumblr.com


SPANNWEITE excerpt

The work MORDACIOUS LIPS, TO DUST for four singers (soprano, countertenor, tenor, bass) was performed at the EXAUDI EXPOSURE2015 in London 2015 by the ensemble EXAUDI and James Weeks, direction. Music and text composed by Pia Palme 2014/2015 for the Sound and Music Portfolio opportunity. Live Recording, EXPOSURE2015, 17 October 2015, The Warehouse, London.

Further information under http://piapalme.at/works/mordacious-lips-to-dust/


MORDACIOUS LIPS, TO DUST

Composition for Oboe da Caccia solo, Pia Palme 2011. 
Performed by Molly Mc Dolan, recorded at Amann Studios, Vienna.

Composed for project FERNRAUM at festival e_may and Kunstradio Ö1. 
The piece was embedded in project FERNRAUM, a monumental framework of improvisations and radio-art by Pia Palme, Klaus Lang, Lale Rodgarkia-Dara and Thomas Wagensommerer.

The Oboe da Caccia ("Hunting Oboe") is a rare baroque instrument, e.g. used by Johann S. Bach: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oboe_da_caccia 

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From: DER KÜHNERE ENTSCHLUSS. 
For: Voice, Oboe da Caccia, Electronics, and a reconstruction of the baroque talking-machine of Kempelen (1791).

Total length: 23 min.
Composed by Pia Palme 2011, commissioned by Klangspuren Tirol.
Texts by Margret Kreidl, Hansjörg Zauner and the "Exerzierreglement für die k.u.k. Fusstruppen, 1911.

Performed by: Gina Mattiello, Molly McDolan, Pia Palme at Festival Klangspuren.

Kempelen and his machine see: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Kempelen

DER KÜHNERE ENTSCHLUSS. (Sample, beginning)

Composed by Pia Palme 2011.
Commissioned by Klangspuren Tirol.

For: Voice, Oboe da Caccia, Electronics, and reconstruction of baroque talking-machine by Kempelen (1791).
Total length: 23 min.

Texts by Margret Kreidl, Hansjörg Zauner and from "Exerzierreglement für die k.u.k. Fusstruppen 1911".

Performed by Gina Mattiello, Molly McDolan, Pia Palme at Festival Klangspuren Tirol, Innsbruck.
More about Kempelen at: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Kempelen

DER KÜHNERE ENTSCHLUSS. (Sample 3)

DER KÜHNERE ENTSCHLUSS. (Sample 2)

DER KÜHNERE ENTSCHLUSS. (Sample 1)

Palme 2010, for Mezzosoprano, Voice, Cor Anglais, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Live-Electronics and Kempelen's Sprechmaschine.

Total duration: 28 minutes.
Electronic sounds are generated by two microphones put on the machine and further live manipulation of sounds performed with machine.
Text by Oswald Egger.

Live recorded at premiere in 2010, performed by Ensemble PHACE contemporary music, Annette Schönmüller (Mezzosoprano), Gina Mattiello (Voice), Pia Palme (Live-Electronics)

HIER NICHT FORT

Composed by Palme 2012,
for mezzo-soprano with throat-microfone, percussion and live-elctronics (4-channel).

Performed by Lore Lixenberg, voice, Bernd Thurner, percussion and Pia Palme, live-electronics at Alte Schmiede, Wien 2012 (sound design and live-recording: Alfred Reiter). 

Texts: Margret Kreidl (German), Anne Waldman (English) and Pia Palme (English).
Libretto: Pia Palme.



LIP OF THE REAL

Pia Palme 2009, commissioned by IMA, text by Bernadette Schiefer. Performed live by: Gina Mattiello, voice; Pia Palme, performing on Kempelen's talking machine (reconstructed by Jakob Scheid) and electronics. Recorded by Kunstradio Ö1.

EXHIBIT#1

Pia Palme 2009, text by Toshio Nakae. For strings, subbass-recorder, synthesizer, inside-piano, electronics. Voice: Yoshie Maruoka. Live performed at Wiener Konzerthaus by Alexander J. Eberhard, Bernhard Ziegler, Margarethe Deppe, Judith Unterpertinger, Electric Indigo, Pia Palme.

AX.WHO.

BARE BRANCHES_rite to quench the longing for missing millions of women. Palme 2012, commissioned by e_may and wienmodern. For 2 solo-voices, 2 choirs (using audio-scores) and percussion. Text by Anne Waldman. Performed live by Salome Kammer, Annette Schönmüller, voices; Wiener Kammerchor und Wiener Jugendchor; Berndt Thurner, percussion at e_may at wienmodern, Oct. 25th 2012. 

BARE BRANCHES_part3

BARE BRANCHES_rite to quench the longing for missing millions of women. Palme 2012, commissioned by e_may and wienmodern. For 2 solo-voices, 2 choirs (using audio-scores) and percussion. Text by Anne Waldman. Performed live by Salome Kammer, Annette Schönmüller, voices; Wiener Kammerchor und Wiener Jugendchor; Berndt Thurner, percussion at e_may at wienmodern, Oct. 25th 2012.

BARE BRANCHES_part2

BARE BRANCHES_part1

LIP OF THE REAL II (Palme 2013)

for for a flutist/soprano using a throat-microphone with PTT-button,
percussion and live-electronic surrounding (4 channels/6 speakers),
with texts by Anne Waldman, Pia Palme and Margret Kreidl (translated fragments)

Live recorded at performance on Feb. 14th 2013, St. Paul's Hall Huddersfield:
Alice Teyssier/flute & voice, Jonathan Hepfer/percussion,
Pia Palme/live -electronics.

More and a text about the piece at: www.piapalme.at

LIP OF THE REAL II

Turquoise Passages

A sketch for my new piece, work in progress, 

for contrabass-recorder, voice/text, and some electronic processing, using two separate microphones (for recorder, and voice). 

Live recorded May 2013, at Tehran, during artists residency.

Turquoise Passages/sketch I

Pia Palme is a composer and performer of contemporary music, experimentalist, producer and researcher.

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