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A piano and strings song without words reflecting how life, people, the world, go round in circles repeating similar patterns but each one is slightly different generation after generation.

IN CIRCLES

I was talking with a friend about how much music is created from intense and often difficult emotions. Then I remembered Red Bird, a tune that I wrote purely from a place of peace and gratitude. Every time we play it, it gives me the same sense of calm I felt when I wrote it. I really hope it creates that same sense of tranquility for you too.

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RED BIRD

IN TIME

THE VODKA TREE

THE AVENUE

BUSY MIND

Trame sonore de l'épisode 30 du podcast • LES IMPOSTURES • avec Sidonie Gaulin & invitée Caroline Pierret Pirson

Image : Film « Plus jamais silencieuses », par Caroline Pierret Pirson

amour & rage III

amour & rage II

amour & rage I

Santa BUŠS : 'Lo ferm voler q’el cor m’intra... (lacuna)'  for large ensemble (2024) 
Sinfonietta Rīga, conductor Normunds Šnē

(live recording : 11.05.2024. - Riga Great Guild, Latvia)

The piece ‘Lo ferm voler q’el cor m’intra... (lacuna) ’ is inspired by both troubador traditions, as well as the very first sestina and the phenomenon of lacuna. 
The troubadours and trouvères sang of love in many different genres, using courtly, sacred, and frankly sexual registers of language in ways that have invited study and explication for over 800 years. Although only about one-third of all troubadour and trouvère songs survive with musical notation, evidence suggests that the troubadours and trouvères considered their musical settings equal in importance to their texts.
There are only two surviving melodies by Arnaut Daniel (~1180–1200), and one of them is ‘Lo ferm voler q’el cor m’intra... (lacuna), which serves as one of the starting points for the piece written for Sinfonietta Rīga and Normunds Šnē. This Occitan troubadour of the 12th century was praised by Dante as “the best smith” and called a “grand master of love” by Petrarch, lauded by Ezra Pound as the greatest poet to have ever lived, and through centuries celebrated by mathematicians thanks to his creative invention – otherwise known as sestina. 
‘Lo ferm voler q’el cor m’intra...” is the oldest known and the very first sestina – a fixed verse form consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, normally followed by a three-line envoi. The words that end each line of the first stanza are used as line endings in each of the following stanzas, rotated in a set pattern. While strictly regulated, it is consider to have also roots in dice patterns since Arnaut Daniel was a passionate dice player. 
The notation that the troubadors used may have conveyed a wealth of information to the musicians who were familiar with its vocabulary, but modern eyes cannot determine what rhythms or vocal quality they suggest, nor what tempo, nor any instruments designed to fill out the soundscape. We can only read the pitch level of the notes in a single, monophonic line. We can assume that the lengths of notes and syllables are treated as flexible and fluid, according to the singer’s sense of the shape of the poetic text... 
For example, each phrase might follow a pattern of gradual acceleration driving the beginning of the phrase and then a slow deceleration in the last few words, or there could be added elaborate ornamentations and a dramatic ritardando to communicate more changes in the emotions of the piece.  
And if there was instrumental accompaniment, it was improvised, and never quite the same way twice... 
And exactly in this unknown territory and lack of certainty, or gaps of information, caused by time and distance, and endless ways of interpreting those little pieces of things we know or assume to be facts, and especially in different points of view how the same thing could be understood or seen both by numerous persons throughout centuries, but also one person on different occasions and at different times... There is where this piece comes to life, and there is where I see how also something I refer to as 'lacuna technique' is essential part of decoding and interpreting the material... 
lacuna... a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work... or a lexical gap in a language... or an extended silence... or the lack of a law or legal source addressing a situation... or an intention to encourage someone to create their own stories... lacuna... words, sentences, or whole passages that are missing or illegible... caused by weathering, decay, and other damage to old manuscripts or inscriptions..

Santa BUŠS 'Lo ferm voler q’el cor m’intra... (lacuna)'

For two months, I worked as a hostess on a prince's sailboat, seeking both clarity and a bit of extra cash. The hardest part? Going that long without touching a musical instrument. Just two evenings before leaving, I composed this piece on a tiny two-octave keyboard. Time seems to stretch and get present, mirroring the rhythm of sailing. This piece emerged from the deep introspection and urgency that only significant departure can inspire. Because everyone deserves to face their own abyss.

tried throne true

Mellow cello and floaty flute sing together about elusive, ethereal Moon Ponies riding on a beam of light.
Hollis Wayne - Composer
Emil Pohlig - Piano and flute

Moon Ponies - duet for flute and cello

Dear listener!

Thank you from my heart for being here!

As always, I am beyond delighted to share a new song with you 🌕

Inspired by the shining moon I gaze upon each night from my window with admiration, as well as the beloved person I am grateful to have by my side and the white season of winter we're in –  my mind painted a beautiful imagery of us in a snowy landscape, under a moonlit sky; feeling warm by each other's side despite the cold of the night; feeling high on love, engulfed by moonlight and the light of each other's hearts 💛

With all of my love poured into this song, I hoped it would feel like a warm caress to your heart. I hoped that, while listening, you would feel serene and, in your mind, would paint a dreamy scene of your own ❄️

Wishing you a serene time listening and daydreaming! ☁️🌙☁️

⊹ . ๋⭑ ๋. ⊹ . ๋⭑ ๋. ⊹

♪ This song was created fully by me.

♪ You can find the song on all streaming services! :)
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Winter's Moon & You

Santa BUŠS
'Im Gewitter der Rosen...' for cello (2019 / 2025) 

Guna Šnē, cello 
(live recording : 31.01.2025. - JVLMA, Latvia)

The starting point for the piece “Im Gewitter der Rosen...”  is a poem of the same title by Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann,  along with it's numerous translations and different perspectives that these interpretations create. 



Wohin wir uns wenden im Gewitter der Rosen,
ist die Nacht von Dornen erhellt, und der Donner
des Laubs, das so leise war in den Büschen,
folgt uns jetzt auf dem Fuß.

Ingeborg Bachmann   


Wherever we turn in the storm of roses,
the night is lit up by thorns, and the thunder
of leaves, once so quiet within the bushes,
rumbling at our heels.

Translated by Peter Filkins   


Où que nous allions sous l’orage de roses
la nuit est éclairée d’épines, et le tonnerre
du feuillage, naguère si faible dans les buissons,
est maintenant sur nos talons.

Traduit de l’allemand par Francoise Retif   



Santa BUŠS 'Im Gewitter der Rosen...'

Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte’s only novel, which was published in 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell. The initial reception was mixed. Wuthering Heights was criticized for its unceremonious prose, lack of parable, and confusing narrative structure. But Victorian tastes could still recognize the “rugged power” (Graham’s Lady magazine) and emotional intensity that makes it so singular. It is regarded today as a literary masterpiece and the most triumphant work of the Bronte sisters. It's a defining text for the gothic horror genre which, among other influences, inspired the goth rock subculture of the late 20th century. These two arias, “Banish Him” and “Isabella’s Departure” bring it full circle, taking Emily Bronte’s words and putting them into a goth rock-esque musical context. 

Banish Him happens at the moment in the Novel where Catherine, Lady of The Grange Estate, warns her sister in law, Isabella, against romantically pursuing Catherine’s adopted brother Heathcliff. Catherine truly cares for Isabella, but struggles to conceal her jealousy and declining mental condition.

Chen Wine-Soprano
Njomza Xhaferi-Piano

Banish Him

'With Beauty May I Walk' composed by Helen Caddick, words by anon. possibly taken from a navajo prayer - Part III of Caddick's song cycle 'With Beauty May I Walk'
Live session recording

With Beauty May I Walk

“For Music” is a song cycle for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble, weaving together the poetry of Lord Byron to explore a narrative centered on the presence and absence of music.

Composer and voice: Iulia Sinescu
Virtual Instruments & Mastering: www.smorfe.ro

For Music

Emotionally charged 'songs without words' on themes of love, loss, longing, and intoxication

Soundtracks surtout, made in maison

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broche à foin foin, patentes en tous genres

Alice Zecchinelli is a polyhedral composer whose greatest dream, in life as in music, is to bring different worlds together.

Visionary, experimental and instinctive - but at the same time classical - in her approach to music, she acts as an orchestrator and conductor for applied music. Loving to collaborate with other artists to put music in support of different fields, she is often asked to write pieces for orchestra, string quartet and brass ensemble, as well as to create imaginific soundscapes for poetry and video art. 
In 2022, her “Ripresa” was premiered at the Civita Festival by the Domenico Mazzocchi Orchestra, together with music by Elgar, Britten and Webern. 

Whether it is electronic symphonies, film music or so-called “pure music”, Alice puts her signature everywhere, combining a strong descriptive ability with an inescapable share of mystery, like a gateway to another reality. 

In her music, she was told, you can feel the vibration of the unknown.

santa.buss@gmail.com

Santa BUŠS is a Latvian composer especially interested in detailed pre-compositional process and working with extra-musical ideas (found in other art forms, physiology, history, mythology, nature, architecture, medicine, sports, philosophy, etc.). 

Though her main focus and form of expression has been linked with instrumental music, lately she has discovered a deep interest in the voice and its possibilities, as well as being keen to expand her approach towards sound, composition and exploring different forms of collaboration. 
This also includes exploring territories between conventional and unconventional notation and performance techniques, as well as experimenting between the boundaries of music, theatre and opera, often focusing on the physical manipulation of instruments and the presence of musicians as a source of drama. 

She has studied both composition and musicology at the Latvian Academy of Music and Hamburg University of Music and Theatre. 

Her works have been performed throughout Europe, in North America and Asia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgBltNTuhvU

Romanian-American composer and vocalist Giovanna Spiotti (b.2002) pulls from classical, folk, and theater traditions to share stories that excite her. She finds her inspiration everywhere: from film, folklore and literature, to more unexpected mediums like visual art and mystic poetry. Stories tell us who we are, so identity is central to her work. Using symbolically charged motives, melodic lines, eliding textures and rhythm cycles, she explores aspects of identity like gender, religion and ethnicity. 


Giovanna prioritizes collaboration, completing commissions from ensembles like Orchestra IS and The Foot in the Door Ensemble, as well as K-12 ensembles and individuals. As a vocalist, she performs contemporary works ranging from improvisatory ensembles, choir, and chamber opera. 


Giovanna is a 2023 Dorothy Goodwin Scholar and named Cherubini Scholarship holder. She holds a degree from The Hartt School, University of Hartford and is obtaining her Masters of Composition at Longy School of Music of Bard College.

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I am a creative soul with a lifelong dream of being a musician, a songwriter. I've taken matters into my own hands by learning music production, and I create music independently. All songs are written, produced and performed by me.

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