Name: where is the shadow of the moon? second version by Jia Chai
Duration: 5 min 39 s
Description: played by James Willshire in york. I prefer this version, it seems sh got my idea much better in this version.:)

played by James Willshire in york. I prefer this version, it seems sh got my idea much better in this version.:)

where is the shadow of the moon? second version

'thirty in eight' is built from a thirty second recording of insects chirping which is stretched out to eight minutes of sound. Stretching out this sound reveals the pitch material that make up the cacophony of chirps, as well as the dynamic variation within these noises. It is this pitch material that makes up the material of the piano part, which parallels the process of revealing the individual insect sounds by slowly growing out of the field recording. The pianist is provided with a series of slowly accumulating gestural fragments, which once added can be performed in any order in response to what the performer hears in the track.

This piece was composed as part of Dartington Festival's 'Advanced Composition: Instruments and Field Recordings' course and was premiered by Sarah Nicolls in the Great Hall at Dartington Hall.

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Piano - Sarah Nicolls

thirty in eight

This is a piece specifically written for a 500 year old building which doesn't exist today - St Mary's Abbey, York. It had an 11 second reverb time! Architexture 2 exploits this unique space an integral part of the composition. Singers and reverb are amplified.

Architexture II - END (Preview from rehearsal with virtual acoustics) Ebor Singers, dir.Paul Gameson

Thomas Tallis - 'If Ye Love Me' (1565)

Recorded in December 2016 at the University of York by Peter Baumann, featuring vocalists Ellie Pybus (Soprano), Rosie Parker (Alto), Jack Harberd (Tenor) and George Clark (Bass).

© Peter Baumann 2017

Tallis - If Ye Love Me

Composed by Marga Richter. www.margarichter.com

From the album Poetic Images Beyond Poetry, Ravello Records. Recorded in 1995 in Prague. Purchase the album here: amzn.to/2k8Qtd8

Released by:
Ravello Records

Poetic Images Beyond Poetry

Out Of Shadows And Solitude

Composed by Marga Richter. www.margarichter.com

Fandango Fantasy

Voice and Marimba.  From the NMC Songbook.

The NMC Songbook

Lullaby for voice and marimba(2009)

For amplified Alto flute with electronics.  Jos Zwaanenburg (alto flute)

Hoichi for alto flute and electronics

Carmen Troncoso - Recorders (Sopranino/Paetzold basset/Modern Alto)
Carlos Zamora - Conductor
University of York Chamber Orchestra

Concierto Para Flautas Dulces

To cherish the people who died in Wen Chuan 2008

SAMSARA(轮回）

12.5.83 for alto recorder is in three movements, slow-fast-slow. It uses several virtuoso contemporary techniques in each movement. This is a 'live' performance by Drake Mabry on a copy of a 415hz Baroque Denner recorder made by Friedrich von Huene in the 1980's. The painting on the score is by Clara Philippzig.

To see more about Drake Mabry please visit:
www.drakemabry.com

12.5.83 for solo alto recorder

Jia Chai (1987, Wuhan, China) is a composer and pianist. She received BA music degree from the Wuhan Conservatory of music in China. Her ex-teachers in composition have included Professor Xunfang Huang, Professor Liu Jian, and Professor Xi Zhao in China. In 2012,she got the distinction of the MA degree in the University of York, UK with Professor Roger Marsh and Thomas Simaku. Currently she got the PhD degree in Composition at the University of York, supervised by Professor Ambrose field, Professor Roger Marsh and Dr. Martin Suckling.
  
Recently achievements include: Being the 2018 composer for the late music York with two commissions this year. she has been chosen to write a new commission for the Psappha Ensmble(2018) based on Manchester(did not attend due to time conflict). She is the receipt of the Nicola Lefanu Compositional Prize in 2017. She is also the receipt of the Terry Holmes Composition award in 2017(York) and has the new Commission for Mr. Terry Holmes. She has had performances and collaborations with ensembles and performers including: Solo Alto flute project with the Belgium flutist Karin De Fleyt (2017); Ligeti string quartet (2017); Commission for New Dots Contemporary Music Ensemble (London, 2016), The highScore Contemporary music festival (Italy, 2016); corporation with British flutist Carla Rees (York Spring festival of New Music, 2016); The Irish Summer School in Dublin Conservatory of music and Drama (2015); with British-Taiwanese singer Peyee Chen (INTIME 2014 Symposium, Coventry University, 2014); The French string quartet Diotima (2014); the Kreutzer string quartet(2012); Chimera ensemble, YOCOCO ensemble and so on. She also has been selected for master class with Julian Wolfe, Judith Weir, Param Vir and Tpio Tuomela. She was invited to give a lecture in York St. John University (2016). She was rewarded the top three compositional prize in Wuhan international contemporary festival (2010), and other rewards in Hubei Province before she came to UK.

where is the shadow of the moon? second version

Jia Chai

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