Category Archives: Recordings

ON AIR: Musarc workshop and performance + recording

I had a brilliant day yesterday working with the Musarc choir at St. Stephen Walbrook Church.  The choir commissioned three composers, Neil Luck, Tom Chant and myself to work with the choir on new pieces.  I wrote a new piece ‘Interplay II’ for choir, piano and live electronics.  The choir were a joy to work with and their director Cathy Heller Jones did an amazing job conducting my piece.  A recording is already available thanks to Joseph Kohlmaier and while I think the electronics could perhaps be louder and further developed I think the piece as a whole is rather effective!

Broken Society Recording from YCM 2010 in Apeldoorn

Had a great week in Apeldoorn last week at the International Composers Meeting 2010 in The Netherlands.  This is a recording of my piece, ‘Broken Society’, played by orkest de ereprijs.

Shannon K. McKenzie came up with a fantastic response to the piece.  Many thanks to her for letting me post it here:

Only when you shed
Light on the dark
Can you see the darkness

We need to see the dark
To appreciate the light
Otherwise we remain blind

Blind to what’s broken
Unaware and unable
To mend what we can’t perceive

Some shine in the light
Others see it
Yet no one fixes it.

Recordings of EMFEB Gigs

Couple of recordings from gigs in April – many thanks to the wonderful EMFEB and conductor Ben Ellin.

Colonel Crampon Goes Off – recorded at the Poetry Cafe
Poem written and read by Luke Wright and my musical response played by EMFEB – thanks to Luke for working with me on this:

Colonel Crampon Goes Off by ben_oliver_music

Variations on a Theme by Handel – recorded at the Rosemary Branch Theatre in April

Variations on a Theme by Handel by ben_oliver_music

Jalapeno Slammer

Jalapeno Slammer by ben_oliver_music

This is a live recording of my piece for Dan Stern’s Woodwork, Jalapeno Slammer. Featuring Dan Stern (tenor saxophone), Rowland Sutherland (flute), Adam Bishop (bass clarinet), Andrew McCormack (piano), Will Collier (bass), and Laurie Lowe (drums).

I hope you agree that the musicians did me proud!

Dan Stern performance

Jalapeno Slammer by ben_oliver_music

This is a live recording of my piece for Dan Stern’s Woodwork, Jalapeno Slammer.  Featuring Dan Stern (tenor saxophone), Rowland Sutherland (flute), Adam Bishop (bass clarinet), Andrew McCormack (piano), Will Collier (bass), and Laurie Lowe (drums).

I hope you agree that the musicians did me proud!