Name: CharlesRoss - the new forest by Katherine Wren
Duration: 8 min 18 s
Description: "the new forest" was commissioned by Nordic Viola for the On A Wing and A Prayer project.

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Miranda DSN for violin and fixed media, 2008/2011, live recording
Maria Puusaari, violin

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Emma Lloyd, violin
Lisa Robertson, violin
Katherine Wren, viola
Laura Sergeant, cello

Supported by the Fenton Arts Trust.

Scottish Music Centre
Glasgow, Scotland
June 22, 2023

at the still point [2023]

Solo viola piece by -charlesross- played by composer

-theNewForest-

"the new forest" was commissioned by Nordic Viola for the On A Wing and A Prayer project.

CharlesRoss - the new forest

'sólarris' (2024) read by the NYU Orchestra.

sólarris

As part of mjf hothouse 2023/24 Ben Cottrell participated in a number of 'flings'; short-lived collaborations with various musicians of different disciplines/genres. I was very excited when Ben asked me to work on a fling with him. 

We both work at Leeds Conservatoire; one afternoon we set up some microphones in practice room 303, and made sounds with everything we could find. Plant pots, chairs, windows, bins... we recorded everything except for the musical instruments, which were left untouched. 

This is my fling, and it is a piece about how I hated practising scales and arpeggios when I was a student. In writing the piece, the number 303 became important; it is 3:03 long and 303 beats per minute. If you listen to it 303 times, I will be very happy! 

Using the same recordings, Ben has made his own fling.

303 Flings (For Beginners)

The Drawing

Lyrics by George Mackay Brown. Performed by the University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir conducted by John Frederick Hudson.

The Last Bright Rinsings (SATB & solo tenor)

From A Tired Place

Nordic Viola will take you on an extraordinary journey in words and music to the Faroe Islands, Orkney and Shetland, Iceland and Greenland.

CharlesRoss - the new forest

Katherine Wren

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