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SELLING GREENLAND [for semi-open instrumentation]


Written for the 2019 South Asian Music Residency Program
Premiered August 30th, 2019 at KM Music Conservatory Auditorium
Second performance August 31st, 2019 at the Goethe Institute, Chennai

This recording features the talents of: Tritha Sinha, Harini Iyer, Sk Sabrin Zahan Kriti, Hari Gurung, Milan Ghimre, Nishad Pandey, Julia Brussel, Shayek Mohammed Arif, Benham Masoumi, Vinayak Netke, Ramesh Shotam, Calvin Lennig, Puranjoy Guha, and Roger Hanschel.   

Selling Greenland is a kind of unusual piece for me - less obviously "contemporary classical music" oriented. The beauty of SAMUR is that we bring one another out of our typical comfort zones, musically, collaborating to create music that is difficult to categorize. There are elements of theatricality and satire coming from musical heroes of mine [Jennifer Walshe, Morgan Powell, Salvatore Martirano, etc.], elements of rock and jazz [a luxury of having the opportunity to work with people like Roger, Ramesh, Tritha, Harini, Nishad, Calvin and Julia], elements of Nepalese, Indian, and Iranian music [thanks to Benham, Vinayak, Joy, Hari, and Milan], and the contributions of Kriti and Shayekh [two musicians really coming out of their ordinary way of working with this piece].

I'm enjoying seeing the boundaries of my taste and practice being stretched, and reshaped by the place I live in, and the people I get to interact with. 

And yes, the piece is a satirical reference to T****'s tweet-fart-turned-international-idiot-scandal about buying Greenland [a country where a bunch of people live, who should presumably have some say in the matter].

I'll be putting a performance score up shortly.
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  • WORKS / MEDIA
    • text-based scores
    • solo >
      • vinayak variations
      • how to [amost] start a revolution
      • devil's bargain [solo violin version]
      • crisis music [baritone saxophone]
      • book of myths [piano + electronics]
      • punchlines, cliches, pericopes, proverbs, and other old saws
      • in measureless oceans of space [solo piano]
      • windowed forms [solo piano]
    • chamber >
      • the closed circle
      • for want of a nail
      • montgomery songs
      • all the borrowed future before us
      • go lightly [flute + viola]
      • awake|asleep [2 sopranos + piano]
      • chrysanthemums [string quartet]
      • drag [violin + prepared piano]
      • forseen fable [soprano + violin + prepared piano]
      • mackerel sky [saxophone quartet]
      • ocean [baritone voice + piano]
      • ogni suono come un essere vivente [2 alto saxophones]
      • permanent emotions [violin + prepared piano]
      • with more eyes than the stars [amplified toy piano + amplified prepared piano + 2 multi-percussionists]
    • large ensemble >
      • Selling Greenland [Large open ensemble]
      • broken images [chamber orchestra]
      • flowergazers [soprano + 7 players]
      • gravity and grace [orchestra]
      • o unspeakable madness of our age [counter tenor + baritone + 7 players]
    • electronic >
      • EX / INTER / CHANGE
      • in the offing [fixed media version]
      • house of the future
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