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Henric, 2013 Literary film-concert / Een literair filmconcert Co-composed with Gerrit Valckenaers for the writer Elvis Peeters, video by Jan Weynants Commissioned by the Festival van Vlaanderen Demain, 2010 Solo dancer and soundtrack Commissioned by Compagnie Michèle Noiret Premiere by Michèle Noiret and Compagnie Michèle Noiret, Théâtre National in Brussels, February 2010 A multiform choreographic piece for four assistants, one cameraman and a dancer, interpreted by Michèle Noiret, and developed with Todor Todoroff, transforms and intertwines the sound textures of the second movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony Quartet, 2007 Dancer, robot camera and virtual dancer, by Margie Medlin Co-produced by the ICA and the Wellcome Trust, London, February 2007 Instrumentation: Violin, music sensors and computer instruments La Chambre Blanche, 2006 Four dancers and soundtrack Commissioned by Compagnie Michèle Noiret Premiere by Compagnie Michèle Noiret, Théâtre Les Tanneurs, and Festival Bellone-Brigittines, Brussels. 2006 Lauréate du Prix de la Danse 2006 de la Communauté française de Belgique Music for theatre piece, WRAAK (REVENGE), 2003 Produced and commissioned by the Cultural Centre of Berchem, Antwerp, about the lives of Moroccan women in northern Europe Premiered in Holland and Belgium and music performed live by the composer With Belgian actor Nadia Abdelouafii Music for Jane Woollard’s music theatre piece AELFGYVA, 2003 Ensemble and soundtrack Commissioned by the Autumn Music Festival in Melbourne, Australia Premiered at the Autumn Music Festival, Melbourne; music performed live by the composer and members of the ensemble Instrumentation: Live voices, harp, pre-recorded parts as a quadraphonic soundtrack Slow Love (revised version), 2002 Music for Slow Love by the Australian writer Richard Murphet Revised for Chamber Made Opera Premiered at the Beckett Theatre, CUB Malthouse, Melbourne, Australia; music performed live by the composer Instrumentation: violin, hurdygurdy, analogue & digital sound processing, vocals Awarded the 2002 Green Room Award for Best New Music Score Slow Love, 2000 Music for Slow Love by the Australian writer Richard Murphy Commissioned by Theater Malpertuis, Belgium Premiered at Theater Malpertuis, Tielt, Belgium 1999 and Adelaide Festival, Australia, 2000; music performed live by the composer Instrumentation: violin, hurdygurdy, analogue & digital sound processing, vocals O R C H E S T R A
Iced, 2004 Orchestra, theremin and live sound processing Commissioned by Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Belgium and Art Zoyd, Transfrontalier de Productions et de Créations Musicales, France Instrumentation: string orchestra, theremin and live sound processing MaxMSP programming by Kasper Toeplitz Audio Sample Score sample - Iced 1 - comme l'eau devient glace Score sample - Iced 2 - la transparence se décompose dans le blanc Score sample - Iced 3 - et le mouvement gèle à l'intérieur Illuminations, 2003 String orchestra Commissioned by the Ten Tors Orchestra in England, with funds from South-West Arts, UK and the Women in Music Festival Premiered by the Ten Tors Orchestra, 2003 Instrumentation: string orchestra Audio Sample Score sample C H A M B E R E N S E M B L E & I N S T R U M E N T A L
La Folie Douce, 2011 Music-theatre miniature for reciter-vocalist, cello, viola da gamba, and hurdy-gurdy. Commissioned to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first edition of L’Éloge de la Folie d’Erasme by the Erasmushuis, Brussels Premiere by Stevie Wishart with Sergei Istomin and Catherine Jauniaux at Erasmushuis, Brussels, 2011 Instrumentation: reciter-vocalist, viola da gamba, cello, violin, hurdy-gurdy Audio Sample Score sample The Sound of Gesture, 2010 Solos for violin, sensors & computer sound transformation/synthesis Commissioned by ZKM, Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie, Germany and ADK, Akademie der Künst, Berlin Performances: Mucsarnok (Kunsthalle) Budapest, Kubus concert hall at ZKM, Karlsruhe and Muffathalle in Munich, Germany A hybrid of music technology, interactivity, real-time sound processing, music gesture and the violin, using improvisation and electroacoustic composition Instrumentation: violin, sensors & computer sound transformation/synthesis Audio Sample Score sample - frozen particles Viola, 2010 Solo viola Commissioned by q-o2, Brussels, Belgium Premiered by Julia Eckhardt, Netwerk, Aalst, 2010 Instrumentation: solo viola and tape Sense, 2008 For members of the Britten Sinfonia and young musicians from three Ipswich Schools for Random Dance, July 2008 Instrumentation: chamber orchestra Solos for Strings, Wheel, and Fingers, 2008 Solo hurdy-gurdy Commissioned for Wiener Drehleier-Festival Performances at ORF RadioKulturhaus, Vienna 2008; Breuckenmusik, Koln, 2009; The Future University's Improvisation in the Round concert, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge University, 2012; Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, Queen's University Belfast, 2013, and Urban Rituals Festival, Les Brigittines, Brussels Instrumentation: solo hurdy-gurdy See also Improvisation in the Round: Stevie Wishart at the University of Cambridge, 2011 HERE Reduction, 2008 String quartet Commissioned for the members of the Britten Sinfonia Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello Audio Sample Score sample Allegretto con fuoco, 2008 String quartet For the members of the Britten Sinfonia Cambridge and Brussels Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello Arrow, 2005 Male voice, organ, and strings Commissioned by Augsburg, Pax Festival (Germany). Premiered August 2005 Instrumentation: Counter-tenor, organ, and strings Island Universes, 2004 Ensemble with live electronics and the mechanical sounds of 4 slide projectors Commissioned by the new music group Q02, Brussels with funds from the Flemish Government, in production with Concertgebouw, Bruges, and De Singel, Antwerp Instrumentation: Tuba, bass flute, viola, bass clarinet, harp & live electronics Jongleurs du Coeur, 2004 Vocal-instrumental ensemble Zefiro Torna Commissioned by the early music group, Brussels 2004 Instrumentation: Soprano, lute, wind instruments, tromba-marine, percussion, hurdy-gurdy and medieval fiddle Rouge Cloître, 2004 Renaissance and contemporary voices, harp, organ, lutes, hurdy gurdy Commissioned and produced by the Festival van Vlaanderen/Radio Klara 2004 Instrumentation: voices, harp, organ, lutes, hurdy gurdy Transients, 2002/2009 Voices, prepared and classical harps, oud, sentir, Moroccan hand drums, drum-kit, hurdy-gurdy and live electronics. Commissioned by the Beursschouwberg, Brussels and the radio Klara festival van Vlaanderen Instrumentation: voices, prepared & classical harps, oud, sentir (Arabic lute and string bass), Moroccan hand drums, drum-kit, hurdy-gurdy and live electronics Audio Sample C H O I R
Cantata for the Seasons, 2013/2014 i. Winter text on the poem Carol by Rowan Williams for choir (S,A,T,B) ii. Autumn text on the poem Autumn by Siegfried Sassoon Choir (S,A,T,B, soloists CT,A,T), strings, 2 pianos Commissioned by the Ipswich Choral Society Premiere by the Ipswich Choral Society, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, 2014 Vespers for St Hildegard, 2012/2013 Choir (S,A,T,B), soloists (S,A,T), hand-bells, carillon, percussion, harp and organ Commissioned by Decca and the York Early Music Festival Also available, version for SATB choir and organ Audio Sample Score sample Inner Garden, 2012 Community choir Commissioned by fo.am Premiere Ghent, October 2012 Choruscans lux, 2012 Female choir Commissioned by the Southbank Centre Premiere by Voice at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, March 2012 Out of this World, 2011 Choir i. O Verbum Patris, (T,B) 7' ii. O Fili dilectissime, (S,A) 2'30 iii. O factura Dei, (S,A,T,B) 6' iv. O eterne Deus, (S,A,T,B with additional high voices) 7'30 Instrumentation: SATB Choir Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Singers Premiered in the BBC PROMS on 27 August 2011 at the Cadogan Hall, performed by the BBC Singers and Sinfonye, conducted by Robert Hollingworth Each movement may be performed separately Audio Sample Score sample - O Verbum Patris Score sample - O Fili dilectissime Score sample - O factura Dei Score sample - O eterne Deus Subrosa, 2001 Female choir Commissioned by the Oxford Girls’ Choir Premiered Mansfield College Chapel, December 2001 Instrumentation: female choir Azeruz, 2000 Female voices Commissioned for A & E TV Networks (USA) ‘Mission Berlin’ Flashback Television, UK Red Rage Rouge, 1993-1997 Female choir Commission by the Oxford Girls’ Choir, director Richard Vendome with funds from the Foundation for Sports and Arts, UK Instrumentation: female choir G A L L E R Y A N D F O Y E R S O U N D I N S T A L L A T I O N S
The Sound of Gesture, 2010 Music-video installation Commissioned by Netwerk / centrum voor hedendaagse Künst, Aalst Belgium with support from ADK, Akademie der Künst, Berlin Exhibition at Netwerk/centrum voor hedendaagse Künst, Aalst Belgium, May-June 2010 Instrumentation: violin, sensors & computer sound transformation/synthesis view images from the gallery installation at Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium HERE Ophelia, 2005 Soundtrack for video installation by Anouk de Clercq Commissioned by Contour 2nd Biennale of Video Art 2005, Mechelen and Temps d'Images for the exhibition Pang Exhibition at Les Halles de Schaerbeek (Brussels) and at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (Poland), 2005 Instrumentation: Electronics Miss World, 2003 Soundtrack for triple screen film installation by Australian artist Margie Medlin Surround sound format using urban field recordings, electronic generated sound and treatments for voice and string instruments Commissioned for 2003 Future Cinema exhibition at ZKM, Zentrum für Neue Künst Media in Karlsruhe UT, 1998 - 2001 Drawn on Sound with artist Joan Grounds Commissioned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia The piece explores the medieval system of visualising music on the palm of the hand, the hurdy-gurdy, and how they embody space and architecture Sound installation opened at Arts Gallery of New South Wales, 1998 and was re-designed for CACSA Contemporary Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2001 Red Iris, 2000 Medieval violin, reciter, video and live sound The enigmatic instrumental pieces known as "istampitte" from the Italian trecento are played solo as a staged performance with swathes of white cloth showing projections of exquisite images from medieval frescoes and from the original musical manuscripts, together with live close-circuit camera projections of the musicians as she plays medieval violin and hurdy-gurdy. Designed in Sydney by Blanchette, and produced by Boris Kelly and Mob Productions with funding by an Australia Council New Media award. Audio Sample I M P R O V I S A T I O N S
Le Son du Nous, 2010 by Philippe Starck & Soundwalk Collective and Stevie Wishart Performed at MAC Créteil with Philippe Starck, Atau Tanaka, Soundwalk Collective, Carol Robinson and Laurent Dailleau for Exit Festival, Paris 2010 Solo hurdy-gurdy, violin, voice Transients, 2002/2009 Voices, prepared and classical harps, oud, sentir (Arabic lute and string bass), Moroccan hand drums, drum-kit, hurdy-gurdy and live electronics. Commissioned by the Beursschouwberg, Brussels and the Radio Klara Festival van Vlaanderen, 2002; revised for the Take the Risk Festival, Southbank Centre, London, 2009 Performed with improvisations by the composer and Rhodri Davies Violet, 2009 with Werner Dafeldecker, Christof Kurzmann and John Tilbury Performed Vienna, 2009 Also CD for mikroton, 2009 Compass, Log and Lead, 2006 Performed with Fred Frith and Carla Kihlstedt Also CD Compass, Log and Lead for Intakt, 2006 |
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