P. Szymanski Utwory Kameralne

Paweł Szymański - Recalling a Serenade

This piece is a string quartet interpretation of one of my two part inventions for piano (VJS 045).

VJS 046 "Strings Interpretation of VJS 045" String Quartet Composition

PCA assignment 2015. 

Music and Lyrics by Daniel Woodhead
Vocals performed by Jamie Jordan

Session musicians recorded string parts in 15 minutes. 

Renounce Your Faith

A multi-movement, programmatic string quartet inspired by and dedicated to the Peregrine Falcon, whose grace and resilience prevented its near-extinction as well as positioned it to thrive once again. This string quartet includes a program, unlisted here, but available by request, that details each movement and its impetus. 

Composed by Luke Kaupinis (July, 2024 - April, 2025)
Performed by Roger Zahab, Tommy Zummo, Finn Fitzgerald, Ray Jewell

The Peregrine

Notturno for String Quartet (2025)

Premiered by Montreal’s Quatuor Bozzini on 14th Nov., 2015. Co-presented by Blue Moss Ensemble and the Music Gallery with the support of the Ontario Arts Council.

Program Note: Scientists have recently revealed that a species of moth in the Kirindy forest of Madagascar drinks tears from the eyes of birds. Birds can usually fly away from these predators, but not while sleeping. The Madagascan moths were observed on the necks of sleeping magpie robins and Newtonia birds, with the tip of their proboscises inserted under the bird’s eyelid, drinking avidly. Sleeping birds have two eyelids, both closed. So instead of the soft, straw-like mouthparts found on tear-drinking moths elsewhere, the Madagascan moth has a proboscis “shaped like an ancient harpoon,” with hooks and barbs. It is inserted under the eyelid where the barbs are used to anchor it in place. The team does not yet know whether the insect spits out an anaesthetic to dull the irritation. They also want to investigate whether, like their counterparts elsewhere, the Madagascan tear-drinkers are all males who get most of their nutrition from the tears. (Deborah MacKenzie)

Moths Drink the Tears of Sleeping Birds

Flute - Robin Meiksins
Violin I - Michael Su
Violin II - Abigail Peterson
Viola - Robert Pile
Cello - Grace Ann Lee

The Last Dance

This song original from BOND, written by Tonči Huljić

VORD:
Rabin Alfath (1st violin)
Danu Kusuma (2nd violin)
Arie Irvan (viola)
Eki Satria (cello)

Music cover arranged by VORD, Taufan Kamang (Anka), DJP
Music cover mixed by DJP

Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMLXC8BC-EA

VORD - Fuego (Bond Cover)

"En esta línea contengo un bosque." 

—poem by E.S. Ortiz-González, from "Estrategias de combate"

Inspired by Ortiz-González's short poem—which translates to "In this line I contain a forest."—this piece is an étude on a harmonic "line" that unfolds into different types of ramifications.

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Inspirada en el poema completo de Ortiz-González que da título a la obra, "En esta línea contengo un bosque." es un estudio sobre una "línea" armónica que se desenvuelve, se expande, se "ramifica".

Performed by: Quartetto Indaco (http://www.quartettoindaco.it/)  at the Church of Santa Maria de Canepanova during the highSCORE Festival in Pavia, Italy.
Image: Detail of "En esta línea contengo un bosque." by Francisco Ledesma (https://franciscoledesma.artelista.com/)
Recorded by: Matteo Cidda.

En esta línea contengo un bosque (2018)— Quartetto Indaco

Music composed by Luke Harrison - 2019

Performed by the Sarosa Quartet
Recorded December 12th, 2019 at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 

Violin - Sean Morrison
Violin - Alastair Legg
Viola - Peter Whitehead
Cello - Chloe Butterworth

Reflections

Reflection (string quartet no.1)

Currently pursuing a M.Mus in composition at McGill University

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