Name: R. Murray Schafer on SILENCE by personamedia
Duration: 18 min 12 s
Description: From a conversation in 1977 with the composer, teacher, founder of the World Soundscape Project, and author of "The Tuning of the World."

Commissioned by Esprit Orchestra.

Live recording, Toronto, 2008.

Esprit Orchestra
Alex Pauk, conductor
http://www.espritorchestra.com


Ritournelle

Commissioned by ECM+ with the generous contribution of an anonymous donor.

Live recording, Montréal, 2000.

Jean-Denis Michat, soprano saxophone
http://www.jdmichat.com

Gilles Tressos, alto saxophone
http://www.quatuorhabanera.com/gilles.php

Sancta Parens

This track started with a visit to the pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico. A beautiful place, but a place where a lot of the original culture and knowledge that created the pyramids has been lost, and replaced with a rebuilt, tourist trap.

So it's a mix of loss and sadness and beauty with an edge of modern misuse, which I tried to capture in the original strings from which the track was built. I also made some binaural recordings of the sounds there, and a storm which came in, to give a real layer of atmosphere from the actual location. Tom Hodge then played piano to these elements, bringing the whole piece to life.

I loved the piano on it's own in addition to the strings version, so as well as the Part 2 on the EP, we also created a Part 1 piano solo version with the piano sent into a feedback matrix with lots of randomising to create unusual textures. This part 1 version can be downloaded for free from www.maxcooper.net as part of the Quotient Series.

Teotihuacan (Part 2) with Tom Hodge

Tambour - Chapitre I | mr002

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.: The Nude And The Quiet :.
Composed and produced by Simon P. Castonguay

Recorded by Benoît Parent
Mixed by Pierre Duchesne
Mastering by Pierre Duchesne

Piano/Tonal percussions - Simon P. Castonguay
Violon I - Rose Frappier
Violon II - Audrée Leduc
Alto - Mélanie Venditti
Cello - Eugénie Lalonde

Tambour - The Nude And The Quiet

Stuart Thompson's new setting of "The Holly and the Ivy" was joint winner of the inaugural Times Christmas Carol Competition. This recording was made in 2002 by the Leeds Cathedral Choir, conducted by Stuart Thompson with Christian Spence on the organ.

The Holly and the Ivy

Preview track of the planned album of mine. All voices played by myself. Enjoy!

Through the rain

From a conversation in 1977 with the composer, teacher, founder of the World Soundscape Project, and author of "The Tuning of the World."

R. Murray Schafer on SILENCE

What makes a particular place, or moment, or piece of music "sacred"?  This program muses on that question, with a curated selection of sounds that speaks to heightened awareness of ... well, of just where one stands.  Hosted by Tim Wilson, produced in 1991 for CBC Radio by Kevin Burns.

PRIVATE EAR - Music of Sacred Space

Writer and broadcaster, filmmaker and photographer, father and grandfather. Stumbler among the immensities.

R. Murray Schafer on SILENCE

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