D'amor sull'ali rosee from Il Trovatore (2014)

Cujus Animum
Stabat Mater by Pergolesi
Persephone Abbott, soprano
Gouwe Hart Orkest
Live recording March 2015

Cujus Animum Stabat Mater Pergolesi Persephone Abbott

Sonata per Pianoforte by Boghos Gelalian 3rd Momement performed by Zina Asfour

Piano Sonata by Boghos Gelalian - 3rd Mvt performed by Zina Asfour

The score is made of loose, small, brief phrases and melodies spread over several pages. They recall images of clouds, a fence, footsteps, a bug, a ball, mountains, a wall, birds, waves, flowers, etc. The organist chooses to play them in any order and repeat them as many times as he pleases. The soundtrack is made from rhythmic patterns on GarageBand. It could eventually be played by a live drummer. The soundtrack works as the background for the organist to apply his motives.
The inspiration comes from children’s drawings. They are fresh, direct, spontaneous, they have their own perspective and proportions and above all they are free of judgement! Unfortunately, as children grow they lose that expression forever. This piece is an attempt to recapture that period of life. 

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JOY (2016)
For fixed media electronics and organ

(world premiere)
Michael Bonaventure, organ
THE SONORITY CABINET III - The FUN CABINET
29 SEP 2016
Grote Kerk, Oosthuizen, Netherlands.

JOY (Michael Bonaventure, organ)

Annemarie van Prooijen - violin
Ilil Danin - virginal

Anton Andreas Schmelzer (1653-1701):
Sonata “Die Türkenschlacht bei Wien 1683” uit Ms.726,Nr.80 (Minoriten Konvent Wien) for Violin and Basso Continuo
- Adagio Der Türken Anmarsch
- Aria Adagio Der Türken Belägerung der Stadt Wien
- Der Türken Stürmen
- Anmarsch der Christen
- Treffen der Christen
- Dürchgang der Türken
- Victori der Christen

Due to the nature of the program (intermezzo to a choir concert) we skipped some repetitions or even small bits and pieces.

A.A. Schmelzer - Sonata - live

Annemarie van Prooijen - violin
Ilil Danin - virginal

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704):
Sonata XV for Violin and Basso Continuo from Manuscript BSB Mus.ms.4123 (ca. 1678)
- (sonata)
- Aria
- Canzone
- Sarabande

Due to the nature of the program (intermezzo to a choir concert) we skipped some repetitions or even small bits and pieces.

H.I.F. Biber - Sonata XV - live

White Chocolate

One choice becomes a childhood kitchen,
in which are stove and pancakes baking, 
in which the scent of melted butter,
the taste of egg, of sugar, lime 
and lemon; then chocolate milk
too warm and rising, the gas-flame quenched,
a hiss, a curse, an acrid burning,
a flannel’s motion; a cup held up 
and brought to lip: delight takes over. 

Or choose an other decades later,
a room in which a coal fire's burning, 
the taste, my first, of food and laundry,
the new-made scents of ghee and curry,
a counterpoint of fruits and spices,
of clove and cardamon and ginger,
a symphony of fresh cut lamb
that's simmered slowly, then served 
with chai, with garlic naan, chapattis.

Each image drawn's an evocation,
for each enacts our life, our story,
how every moment might be other,
the taste, or not, of each sensation,
each one rehearsed, each one imagined,
then one foreclosed, another chosen, 
the real and unreal both remembered.

White Chocolate

Schumann - Papillons, Op. 2

Angelin Chang, piano

ANGELIN CHANG - Schumann Op 2 (Clip)

Schubert-Liszt: Ständchen (Serenade)/Schwanengesang
Liszt piano transcription of Schubert's Serenade for voice and piano.

Angelin Chang, piano

ANGELIN CHANG - Schubert / Liszt - Serenade (Clip)

Grammy Award Winner (Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra). 
Striking music that opens the ears and the minds. A melange of edgy contemporary music and soulful interpretation. Brilliant, fluid, and shocking. 
Music that dares to explore.

Angelin Chang, piano
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
John McLaughlin Williams, conductor

Cujus Animum Stabat Mater Pergolesi Persephone Abbott

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