Piece from "Baltic Suite", recorded durning concert in Szczecin  - June 2010

Silence

Light and Shadow

Mandolin Rain

Piano Concerto (Schoenberg) Excerpt

Perpetuum mobile (Latin), moto perpetuo (Italian), mouvement perpetuel (French), literally meaning "perpetual motion", means two distinct things:

1. Pieces of music, or parts of pieces, characterized by a continuous steady stream of notes, usually at a rapid tempo.

2. Whole pieces, or large parts of pieces, which are to be played repeatedly, often an indefinite number of times.

Even though everything is notated using musical notation, the music is one long loop. The ostinato repeats with developing material above.

Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn in F, E-Flat Clarinet, 2 Clarinets in B-Flat, B-Flat Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 2 French Horns in F, 2 Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani(4), Bongos, Roto Toms, Power Toms, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbals, Violin I, Violin II, Violas, Violoncelli, Double Basses

Perpetuum Mobile IV

The Invisible Man - Orchestral arrangement

INTRO inspired by "Show must go on"

François Houle and Jane Hayes have been indispensable fixtures of the Canadian new music scene for over a decade through their work with Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble. Their recent partnership as the duo Sea and Sky takes the traditional combination of clarinet + piano and essentially blows the lid off of any preconceptions we might have had as listeners. To this end, their first album together, Sassicaia, explores a dizzyingly diverse array of Canadian music — most of which written especially for them. Commissions by Owen Underhill, Gordon Fitzell, Jacqueline Leggatt, Keith Hamel, and Paul Dolden — works that perfectly showcase the duo’s verve and virtuosity — are complimented by the extraordinary music of Anthony Genge, Bruce Mather, and Jacques Hétu.

Performers: François Houle, clarinet and Jane Hayes, piano
Producers: SEA and SKY
Digital Editing: François Houle
Mixing and Mastering: Jeff Yellen, Ridgeline Sound
Recording Engineer: Jeff Yellen
Special Sound Advisor: Karen Wilson
Piano Technician: Thomas Clarke
Recorded at: Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts May 12-20, 2012
Graphic Design: David Hodge 
Cover Photo: David Hodge and Hi-Jin Hodge

Pour Les textes en français, visitez  www.francoishoule.ca

Composer/ track 5. Traffic (2014) – Jacqueline Leggatt

SEA And SKY - Traffic *sample*

A song cycle in five parts
Composer: Benton Roark  
Performers: Arkora (Kathleen Allan, soprano; Amelia Lukas, flutes; Brendon Randall-Myers, electric guitar; Jonathan Allen, percussion; Anne Lanzilotti, viola; Samuel Suggs, double bass; Mary Barry, narration; Maya Levy, narration)
www.arkoramusic.com
Poetry by Benton Roark 

Recorded by William Gardiner, assisted by Koh Kazama, Sprague Hall, New Haven, CT 
Additional recording by Jim Stafford at Eclipse Recording, St. Augustine, FL 
Charlie Barfoot at Topsail Tracks Music Studio, St. John's, NL 
Maya Levy and The Music Room, Walthamstow, London, England 
Mixed by Benton Roark at Valentine Studio, Banff, AB 
Mastered by Guillermo Subauste at Pacha Sound, Toronto, ON 
Artwork by Jeanne Stern

Arkora - Shift *sample*

21 Sep 15 Rhythmic Dance

In Honor of All Those who have lost their lives to police brutality. Anna Cromwell, violin; Mira Frisch, cello from the CD, Dancing On Glass: String Chamber Music by Women Composers; Albany

Dancing on Glass: String Chamber Music by Women Composers

ELEGY

A composer. I much prefer to just work directly in notation. Every every musical parameter is entered manually on a note by note basis in notation software. No midi keyboards are used.

Perpetuum Mobile IV

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