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

commissioned by Korean National Symphony Orchestra

This composition, titled "The Whale," delves into the profound issues of climate change and environmental problems, which have become the most significant challenges for the current generation of humanity due to human activities and selfishness. As I began to deeply contemplate these issues, I embarked on a sonic exploration centered around the theme of the suffering of nature's creatures at the hands of humans. 

In "The Whale," the sounds of whales are depicted in both physical forms and abstract interpretations based on personal imagination. Throughout the composition, the whale sounds are expressed in a multidimensional manner, adapting to various musical contexts. The sonic characteristics and changes in coloration within different sections offer varied perspectives on the sounds of whales. 

In the early sections, within a meditative musical concept, the composition seeks to present the diverse sounds and emotions of whales. In the middle to later sections, the piece aims to portray the whales' suffering due to the overwhelming presence of plastic pollution. Ultimately, the composition gently concludes while hinting at the souls of deceased whales and the hope for the future. 

The Whale (2023, rev. 2024) for orchestra

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/

The Whale (2023, rev. 2024) for orchestra

Younje Cho

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