Excavations was written in response to the Manchester Camerata Young Composers’ Project, calling for works inspired by Henry Purcell’s Fantazias to mark the 350-year anniversary of his birth. I arrived at the music after close study of these works, in particular the 4-part Fantazia in A minor (Z. 740). Some of the 17th-Century harmonic and […]
By Chris
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Posted in Works
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Also tagged audio, ensemble, strings
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Partly an experiment in textural and notational possibilities, Intensifications, for 2 violas and cello, is in three short movements. Over the course of the work we move through a spectrum of pitched to unpitched sounds and back again, pushing the instruments’ sonic possibilities to the edges of audibility and conventional technique. Each movement is governed […]
By Chris
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Posted in Withdrawn, Works
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Also tagged cello, viola
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“The Night is also a religious concern – and even more so – when I viewed the Moon and Stars through Herschell’s telescope – and saw that they were worlds. – ” — Lord Byron, from Detached Thoughts, Pisa c. October 1821. These few words, jotted down for no-one other than the author himself, seem far more tender and thoughtful than any of […]
By Chris
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Posted in Withdrawn, Works
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Also tagged cello, flute, voice
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Written for Sebastian Grand, 3 Sunsets is made up of three sharply contrasting miniatures aimed at establishing atmospheric vignettes and examining various aspects of contemporary piano technique. Each miniature examines extremes of speed and dynamic in a somewhat alienated, but hopefully ghostly landscape. 3 Sunsets was premiered on November 21 2008 by Sebastian Grand in […]
By Chris
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Posted in Works
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Also tagged piano, solo
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My first tape piece, Books of Moses approaches issues of creativity and the collective consciousness. I wanted to examine the process by which symbols are assimilated and re-used by cultures and the piece develops opening material towards a new place unmistakably rooted in the past. Sound sources included carriers of semantic data such as books, […]
By Chris
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Posted in Withdrawn, Works
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Also tagged electro, fixed media
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