MP3 file of the piece "Kinêm(a)bstract".
"Kinêm(a)bstract", for amplified flute, saxophone, prepared piano and percussion 
2nd piece of the series "Kinêm(a)"  
(piece composed by Clara Maïda in 2012).

Image: © Clara Maïda’s drawing (2012), Kinêma.

Commissioned by the FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE and PROXIMA CENTAURI ensemble.

Premiere on May 4, 2008. OPUS 12.3 Evening(Season of PROXIMA CENTAURI ensemble), LE ROCHER DE PALMER, Bordeaux-FR. 
PROXIMA CENTAURI ensemble.

Kinêm(a)bstract - 2012

Alex Mincek - Ali for alto saxophone

"The Colour of Water" for solo saxophone(s) (soprano/alto/baritone) and chamber orchestra commissioned by the Saxophonia festival (LV) and Klaipėda Music Spring (LT) 


"I expected to find complete darkness down below but at some point, much to my surprise, the ocean floor appeared transparent and radiant". Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer

"..e il naufragar m'è dolce in questo mare". Giacomo Leopardi (..and sinking in this sea is sweet to me)

“The Colour of Water” is the 3rd part of my Latvian trilogy together with “Elongation of Nights” (2009) for string orchestra and “Observation of Clouds” (2012) for voices, winds and strings, continuing to explore some discoveries made in the first two parts and also dedicated to Riga Sinfonieta, Maestro Normunds Šnē and the Lithuanian saxophone player Arvydas Kazlauskas residing in Latvia.

The piece is an attempt to poetically reflect on the illusory colour of water that doesn’t actually exist, trying to give answers through musical metaphors of reflection and generating the musical material while applying mirror principles which predetermine both macro and micro levels. The solo part is based on the obsessively oscillating pendulum of low and high notes gradually increasing the distance between them. As a consequence, the expanding space between the opposite poles is being filled in with the orchestral “liquid” of changing timbre/harmony colours until this symbolic container becomes inevitably overfilled.

The strings are placed on the stage in a way to create the sound moving in an hypnotic circle/vortex which unites the swinging opposite poles of the solo part, whilst the soloist is being surrounded by the rising waves and submerged deeper and deeper down where the breathing stops and the tension of the polarity is released. Justė Janulytė

"The Color of Water" for saxophone(s) and chamber orchestra (2017)

Luciano Berio - Sequenza IXb for alto saxophone

Granitic, adj.
1. Unyielding endurance; steadfastness: a will of granite. 
2. Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.

Winning piece of the 2017 Toronto Emerging Composer Award. Thanks to the Canadian Music Centre and Roger D. Moore for making the creation and presentation of this piece possible. 

Recorded by Caution Tape Sound Collective Ensemble, March 29 2018 at Revolution Recording in Toronto, ON.
Paul Talbott, Recording engineer

Katherine Watson, flute
Anthony Thompson, clarinet
Lisa Hartl, trumpet
Adrian Irvine, violin
Emilie Gelinas-Noble, viola
Amahl Arulanandam, cello
Andrew Noseworthy, electric guitar
Phil Albert, electric bass
Stephanie Chua, synthesizer
Evan Bowen, drumkit/pecussion
Pratik Gandhi, conductor

Granitic (dectet)

Wander Steps for two microtonals accordions played by the duo XAMP Fanny Vicens and Jean-Etienne Sotty (festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije, commission 2018)

Wander Steps (2018)for two microtonals accordions

RAW MATTER [2015-17]
for bass clarinet
Commissioned & performed by Richard Haynes [https://richardehaynes.com]
Recorded May 13, 2017 at the HUSEAC studios at Harvard University.

Please listen with headphones or good speakers.

More info here: https://www.timothy-mccormack.com/rawmatter

RAW MATTER [2015-17] - Richard Haynes, clarinet

Bonsai (for 8 instruments, 2017 - Casa Ricordi)
Divertimento Ensemble, Sandro Gorli
from the CD "Bonsai" (Stradivarius, 2018):
https://www.stradivarius.it/scheda.php?ID=801157037101000

Zeno Baldi: Bonsai

Bonsai (2017)

MOOS (2019/2020)- [EXCERPT!!]
for ensemble with electronics (13 musicians: bass flute, cor anglais, bass clarinet, trombone, tuba, violinl, viola, cello, contrabass, e guitar, harp, piano, percussion+electr)
WP: 10.2.2020, Konzerthaus Wien; Klangforum Wien, Yaron Deutsch (e guitar), Lars Mlekusch (conductor)
Duration whole piece: ca. 19′

"MOOS" - Klangforum Wien - UA - EXCERPT

Blevin Blectum
"the way the cookie crumbles straight from"
from Talon Slalom
(Deluxe)

Johanna Beyer
"Music of the Spheres"
from An Anthology of Noise&Electronic Music Volume 2
(Sub Rosa)

Susan Alcorn
"Broken Obelisk"
from Curandera
(Uma Sounds)

Chris Watson
"Starling Song"
from Outside the circle of fire
(Touch)

Chris Watson
"Vultures"
from Outside the circle of fire
(Touch)

Else Marie Pade
"Lyd og lys"
from Et Glasperlespil
(Dacapo)

David Dunn
Mimus Polyglott
from Music, Language and Environment
(Innova)

Moussa Sondé
"Bopal Solo"
from from The photographs of Charles Duvelle
(Sublime Frequencies)

Orapi
"Pili Pe(Huli)"
from The photographs of Charles Duvelle
(Sublime Frequencies)

Maayan Tsadka
"genus_psittacula-krameri/feather/long"
from Amplification Naturalis
(Weekend EP Project on Bandcamp)

Maayan Tsadka
"No.1" for n o e y e s
from amplifikǎːtsija naː​.​tuːˈraː​.​lis
(unreleased)

Ilan Volkov - At Home  16 with Maayan Tsadka

Saxophonist Patrick Stadler is passionately dedicated to contemporary music. As a member of Ensemble Nikel and Ensemble Inverspace, he plays a pioneering role and makes a significant contribution to the creation of new works. In 2023, he was awarded the Swiss Music Prize for this. Numerous CD recordings, appearances at renowned festivals and radio recordings testify to his great commitment. He has performed as a soloist with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Resonanz, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Basel Symphony Orchestra and Basel Chamber Orchestra, among others. Patrick Stadler has been a professor of saxophone, chamber music and contemporary music at the Nuremberg University of Music since 2019 and is a lecturer at the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt. His teaching activities are complemented by workshops and master classes at renowned universities worldwide.

Luciano Berio - Sequenza IXb for alto saxophone

Patrick Stadler, Saxophone

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