Written for EXAUDI vocal ensemble in Spring 2021, the inspiration behind this piece came from a silly little asparagus and chervil jus recipe I found in a cookbook at home (Derby), and conversations I have had about said cookbook with my Mum over the past couple of years. The recipes are super fiddly, and the book is very heavy, but the pages are very striking and it brings us both much joy to flick through. Sections of this piece are sonic and visual interpretations of those pages and the sensation of something catching your eye by complete surprise, mediated through a variety of different notational / textual forms. It is also a homage to the asparagus season, and the seasonal delights we all look forward to yearly. Textual fragments are taken from 'le manoir aux quat saisons'. 

First performed in Milton Court Concert Hall on Friday 14th May 2021 by Juliet Fraser (soprano), Lucy Goddard (mezzo), Tom Williams (alto), David De Winter (tenor), Simon Whiteley (bass) & Jimmy Holliday (bass), and conducted by James Weeks.

juice, for EXAUDI (2021)

piece for violin and piano written for and premiered by Joonas & Yucong in Milton Court Concert Hall

RESET, (2021)

stepping on stones
sore feet
shoes, float away 

    Whitstable, July 2021


Written for the Britten Sinfonia Opus 1 Scheme 2021

With thanks to Marcus Barcham-Stevens (violin), Bridget Carey (viola), Oli Pashley (clarinet), Sarah Burnett (bassoon) & Rachel Wilkinson (Britten Sinfonia administration team), Dobrinka Tabakova and Joe Cutler (tutors)

shoes, float away

a game for any four performers

image © Rivane Neuenschwander & Cao Guimarães

ant music, i. ligeti quartet

This piece was composed entirely out of my continual desire to be in the sunshine. Much of the music’s material is fragmentary and melancholic, drawn from light sketches made on family holidays by the sea. I wanted to experiment with timbre and texture to create sound worlds that are, in one sense, warm and sonorous, while also having whimsical and playful qualities. My favourite part of the piece comes towards the end; the music begins to mutate through slowly shifting, graphically notated ideas, entering into a completely meditative state.

with special thanks to Jess Hoskins and the musicians of Clare College Music Society 

premiered in West Road Concert Hall 03/20

chasing sunlight

looper song / meditation / freely improvised material on ukelele and guitar

1/2 postcards from home

round and around we go

a second postcard from home / improv session, ft. a v gloomy but beautiful pic of edinburgh

calm down, love

~~~ pendulum explores the registral extremes of two pianos in dialogue with one another, and the poetic title of the work is derived from the audible and visible exchange of material between the performers

a single chord is shared between the hands and undergoes a series of subtle rhythmic transformations and dynamic gestures, resulting in seemingly endless waves of sound ~~~

with special thanks to Brian Low & Yucong Huang x

pendulum

composer / singer-songwriter working in London :)

Pia Rose Scattergood

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