commissioned by the MATA Festival

for more information: http://sethcluett.com/works/cloud-to-air-2013/

cloud-to-air

Commission: Südwestrundfunk for the Donaueschingen Musiktage 2022

Live recording of the world première, Musica Nova Helsinki, 3 March 2023.

Performers:
Mattie Barbier, trombone
Weston Olencki, trombone
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Janne Nisonen, conductor

Photo: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

where the dark earth bends (2022, rev. 2023), for RAGE Thormbones, orchestra, and electronics

Piece for Violoncello solo
Oren Shevlin: Violoncello
WDR recording from 2013

Dieter Ammann Imagination against numbers for Cello Solo - Oren Shevlin

Filidei, Francesco - I Giardini Di Vilnius

As an individual living in today's world, I often find myself questioning the impact of my human desires and actions, especially
considering the severity of climate change, environmental issues, and the suffering of nature and animals caused by human cruelty. It
feels almost indulgent to pursue personal ambitions while the Earth's climate and environment are approaching an irreversible tipping point due to human activities.

Faced with countless problems resulting from human behavior, I have experienced deep self-doubt and questioned the purpose of my own art. Feeling a sense of responsibility as a composer, I wanted to contribute, even to a small degree, to addressing these issues through my work, as the tragic consequences of our current lifestyle will undoubtedly be experienced by our generation.

When I received the commission from the IU New Music Ensemble, I resolved to convey the suffering endured by nature and animals
in some form. I collaborated with Ari Schwartz (b. 2000), the poet of "For All We Took," who is also my colleague in composition at
IU, to create a poem that criticizes human actions and apologizes to the natural world. We worked together through multiple revisions
to ensure that the poem's emotions could be effectively expressed through music.

Dedicating this piece to Mother Nature, I have experimented with contemporary musical approaches. The piece criticizes humanity,
portraying the pain and sorrow of nature and animals, and expressing apologies to the natural world. Ultimately, the piece sings of hope. I aim to convey doubts about whether humans in the present age can truly coexist with nature and whether we are incapable of change. I want to deliver a message that there is still hope if we start making small changes now.

For All We Took (2023) for soprano and sinfonietta

produced for Radia - commissioned by Wavefarm.

I grew up rurally in the foothills of the Berkshire mountains on the eastern border of New York state and the states of Vermont and Massachusetts. Though I was at the periphery of three minor cities,  each had colleges and local radio programming, leaving me at the center of the overlapping zones of their respective radio broadcast regions. When the whether would shift, the access would change; the pattern of expected scheduled programming was tethered to the randomness of the weather within the loose pattern of the four seasons. The material presented in this work represents common sound memories to each of the places I've lived in the last 7 years: the city of Troy in the state of New York, the city of Paris in France, the borough of Hightstown in central New Jersey, and the town of Oxford in the southwest corner of Ohio. Sirens, bells, rain, snow, wind, birds, footsteps, and traffic represent substantial areas of overlap between the soundscapes of each home. The work ebbs and flows between these geographic markers with the randomness of weather, finding pattern in the blurry boundaries of memory recorded as sound.

for more information: http://sethcluett.com/works/the-exercise-of-memory/

The Exercise of Memory

performing at Fridman Gallery, NYC
July 16, 2015

Audio Production and Recording: Gus Callahan


fridman gallery - solo voice with quad electronics and field recordings

commissioned for the 99 Objects program at the Whitney Museum of American Art

for more information: http://sethcluett.com/works/no-walls-for-lewitt/

no walls (for LeWitt)

commissioned by Seth Josel, recording from the Essl Samlung

for more information: http://sethcluett.com/works/the-little-by-little-suddenly/

the little by little suddenly (performed by seth josel)

Andreia Pinto Correia's Album

String Quartet No. 1 – Mov. I – A Labyrinth Submersed

commissioned by hong kong sinfonietta and ensemble offspring. premiered at artistree in hong kong.

for more information: http://sethcluett.com/works/interference-is-partial-afterimage/

For All We Took (2023) for soprano and sinfonietta

Younje Cho

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