Amy Beth Kirsten Audio & Video

(from the left: Ryan Nestor, Lindsay Kesselman, Amanda DeBoer, Melanie Sehman - at Bang on a Can 2009; American Composer's Orchestra 2007; with David Alan Miller and ACO 2007; with Chris Kriz and Christian Cullen 2008; with Stacy Garrop in 2008; with Jordan Jacks and Elisa Gonzalez in 2009; with Steve Reich, 2009; with the cast of Ophelia Forever, 2008, San Francisco Cabaret Opera; with Brad Lubman and the Bang on a Can Fellows, 2009; with Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Ottawa, 2008)




Drink Me Little Falling Red Hall of Waters
Drink Me - For more about this video, see Audio Track Info
Little Falling Red - For more about this video, see Audio Track Info
Hall of Waters - For more about this video, see Works




Duration Title Audio Clip Track Info
9' 26" NEW!
L'ange pâle
(2010)
complete performance  


for flutes+voice, soprano, two percussion+voice

Text by the composer.

July 2, 2010; Music10 New Music Festival Concert in Blonay, Switzerland
Tim Munro (flutes); Lindsay Kesselman (soprano); Jeremy Malvin (percussion); and Christian Smith (percussion)

10' 13" NEW!
Drink Me
(2010)
mvmt 1, clip 1: Ode to Edward H.   mvmt 1, clip 2: Ode to Edward H.   mvmt 2 complete: Snow White Sleep   mvmt 3 complete: Drink Me  


for chamber orchestra (all parts vocalize)

Texts from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Snow White, and Alice in Wonderland

July 18, 2010; MIZZOU New Music Festival Concert
Alarm Will Sound/Alan Pierson

8' 52" Little Falling Red
(2009)
from mvt 1 - the girl (59")  


for soprano, baritone, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet),
trombone, piano, percussion,violin, and contrabass (all players vocalize).
Text by Elisa Gonzalez and Jordan Jacks.

July 3, 2009; Norfolk New Music Festival Concert/Julian Pellicano;
Alice Teyssier, soprano and Norfolk New Music Ensemble:
Sarunas Jankauskas, clarinet; Jennifer Griggs, trombone; Chun-Chien Chuang, violin; Brian Ellingson, double bass; Julia Den Boer, piano; Ian Rosenbaum, percussion

8' 01" The Haunting of
Mr. Wolf

(2009)
excerpt (2' 13")  


for amplified cello solo, two amplified sopranos,
electric strings (2 violins, viola, contrabass),
and 3 percussion (all players vocalize).
Text from The Little Red Riding Hood.

July 27, 2009; Bang on a Can Festival Composers Concert/Brad Lubman:
Lauren Radnofsky, solo cello; Lindsay Kesselman, voice; Amanda DeBoer, voice; Francis Liu, violin; Andie Springer, violin; Andi Hemmenway, viola; Maggie Hasspacher, bass; Andy Meyerson, percussion; Ryan Nestor, percussion; Melanie Sehman, percussion

10' 45" lightgirl
(2008)
excerpt (1' 22")  


for flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 percussion, piano,
2 violin, viola, cello, double bass (all players vocalize).
Text by the composer.

June 25, 2008; Celebration of Future Classics Concert;
L'Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne with Jean Desmarais, piano
Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor:
Geneviève Déraspe, flute/piccolo; Marjorie Tremblay, oboe; Kirsten Offer, clarinets; Laurence Messier, Bassoon; Jason Austin, horn; Jean-Sébastien LaCombe, percussion; Corinne René, percussion; Jean Desmarais, piano; Amélie Benoit Bastien, violin; Diane Rodrigue, violin; Greg Campbell, viola; Jacob AuClair Fortier, cello; Jeff Buchner, double bass

13' 46" For a Dream's Sake
(2007)
from mvt 5 (3' 30")  


for soprano (+violin), violin (+voice), viola (+voice), and cello (+voice).
Text by Christina Rossetti.

February 16, 2008; CAGE Ensemble Concert:
Bonnie Lander, soprano/violin; Courtney Orlando, violin/alto voice; Miranda Blakeslee, viola/speaking voice; Andrew Talle, cello/speaking voice

10' 22" In the Black
(2006)
excerpt (1' 36"")  


for SSAATTBB.
Text by Lady Mary Wroth, Sir Philip Sidney, Petrarch, Shakespeare,
Fulke Greville, Vittoria Colonna, and Veronica Gambara.

March 2, 2007; Volti/Robert Geary

8' 28" Strange Angel
(2006)
excerpt (1' 35")  


for orchestra (all players vocalize).

May 9, 2007; American Composers Orchestra
Underwood New Music Reading/David Alan Miller

35' Ophelia Forever
(2005)
Intro & Ritornello 1 (2' 41")

for 2 sopranos, 1 Mezzo-soprano, 1 non-speaking/non-singing actor, 4-hands piano, off-stage oboe, glass harmonica, percussion

May 5, 2007 Baltimore Theatre Project
Peabody Opera Workshop/JoAnn Kulesza:
Jondra Harmon (Ophelia 1-The Violated Saint); Catherine Marie Green (Ophelia 2-The Faithful Seductress); Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick (Ophelia 3-The Mad Mermaid); Jason Buckwalter (Hamlet); Chungwon Chung, piano; Jolie Lin, piano; Mike Compitello, percussion. Directed by Alison Calhoun.




 
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