POSTLUDE XV (2022)

Solo organ piece conceived for large spaces with generous acoustics. The main body of music is built from broad, majestic chordal 'mantras' and has a richly ceremonial and ritualistic feel. It was premièred at Ripon Cathedral, England, in September 2023.

The piece also exists in an alternative transposed version with fixed media electronics.

OMEGA (2023)

Originally heard as a solo electronic 'work in progress' at a Scottish Arts Trust concert in May 2023, "Celestial Objects II" was re-drafted and finalised with a significant organ part made for Lauren Redhead & Alistair Zaldua to perform in a concert during their residency at the 2023 Festival Registri in Venice. Here is their performance on 27 October 2023 featuring the 1745 Nachini organ in the Chiesa Isola di San Servolo.

The electronic part is punctuated by a 'phaser choir' singing short sequences of chords around a powerful 64' reed drone, over which the organ delivers slow-spreading clusters of light.

The piece has been performed many times subsequently in Europe and the UK by other artists and was broadcast on Spanish National Radio in December 2024.

https://laurenredhead.eu/post/Festival-Registri-2023-residency
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/tercera-via/intersecciones-031224/16356431/

CELESTIAL OBJECTS II (2023) (Live performance Lauren Redhead & Alistair Zaldua)

ORACLE (2024) for organ & electronics
by Luiz Henrique Yudo & Michael Bonaventure

'ORACLE' came about because Luiz and I decided to create together something that has a certain 'out there' vibe and to make both oblique and direct references to topical issues. The organ part that Luiz made is based entirely on the binary coding system and follows a path of ascension while my tape part illustrates another, perhaps, contrary path...

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SONORITY CABINET VIII - the SECRET CABINET
Grote Kerk, Oosthuizen, The Netherlands
10 OCT 2024 (world première)

Michael Bonaventure, organ & electronics

ORACLE (2024) (Yudo & Bonaventure)

Composed for Huw Morgan's "Mainly Slow Organ Music" project in Bristol UK and first performed by him in March 2024.

"DISSENTERS" album available on Bandcamp -
https://michaelbonaventure.bandcamp.com/album/dissenters

DISSENTERS - part 2: THE PROJECT (2023/25)

Composed for Huw Morgan's "Mainly Slow Organ Music" project in Bristol UK and first performed by him in March 2024.

DISSENTERS - part 1:THE STATION (2023)

Performance given by Huw Morgan on 5 October 2024 in "mainly slow organ music" #35, St. John-on-the-Wall, Bristol, UK.

Louis Couperin - Chaconne G minor

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