Empyrean Ensemble

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This professional ensemble in residence at UC Davis is co-directed by professors (and composers) Mika Pelo and Kurt Rohde. Its performances are dedicated to contemporary chamber music, often incorporating new media elements and experimental performance practices.

Arts contemporary music classical acoustic new media
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Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132: II Lebhaft und sehr markirt (1853)

October 29, 2010 07:00 - 3 minutes - 3.37 MB

The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: II Lebhaft und sehr markirt" by Robert Schumann. Performed by Peter Josheff on clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose on viola, and Michael Seth Orland on piano.

Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132: III Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck (1853)

October 29, 2010 07:00 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MB

The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: III Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck" by Robert Schumann. Performed by Peter Josheff, clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, and Michael Seth Orland, piano.

Young Ha: The Island (2009)

October 29, 2010 07:00 - 7 minutes - 6.63 MB

The Empyrean Ensemble performs "The Island" by Moon Young Ha with Peter Josheff on clarinet, Hrabba Atladottir on violin, and Thalia Moore on cello.

Wagner: Scritch (2010)

October 29, 2010 07:00 - 9 minutes - 8.38 MB

The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Scritch" by Melinda Wagner with Tom Nugent on oboe, Anna Pressler and Hrabba Atladottir on violin, Phyllis Kamrin on viola, and Leighton Fong on cello.

Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132: IV Lebhaft, sehr markirt (1853)

October 29, 2010 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.7 MB

The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: IV Lebhaft, sehr markirt" by Robert Schumann. Performed by Peter Josheff, clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, and Michael Seth Orland, piano.

Hyla: Ciao, Manhattan (1990)

October 29, 2010 07:00 - 7 minutes - 7.24 MB

The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Ciao, Manhattan" by Lee Hyla, Tod Brody on flute, Ellen Ruth Rose on viola, Thalia Moore on cello, and Michael Seth Orland on piano.

Young Le: Nok-du-klot (2010)

October 29, 2010 07:00 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MB

The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Nok-du-klot" by Eun Young Le. Performed by Ellen Ruth Rose, solo viola, Tod Brody, flute, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Hrabba Atladottir, violin, Thalia Moore, cello, Michael Seth Orland, piano, and Loren Mach, percussion.

Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132: I Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell (1853)

October 29, 2010 07:00 - 3 minutes - 2.81 MB

The Empyrean Ensemble performs "Märchenerzählungen op. 132: I Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell" by Robert Schumann. Peter Josheff performs on clarinet, with Ellen Ruth Rose on viola and Michael Seth Orland on piano.

Almetus: Transitoire

June 02, 2010 07:00 - 10 minutes - 61.2 MB Video

Almetus' Transitoire expresses the gradual transition from time into eternity that people, buried under the rubble in locations inaccessible to rescuers, experienced after the devastating earthquake leveled the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Although the piece is not descriptive of the concepts of time and eternity, the perceptual effect of a sustained sonority and the seemingly unrelated gestures allude to a non-temporal and temporal dichotomy in the piece.

Irwin: Synecdoche

June 02, 2010 07:00 - 10 minutes - 65.8 MB Video

Written by Ben Irwin, this piece, Synecdoche, is played by Peter Josheff, clarinet, Hrabba Atladottir, violin, Leighton Fong, cello, and Michael Orland, piano.

Perry: Ouacka

June 02, 2010 07:00 - 12 minutes - 73.5 MB Video

The piece by Scott Perry, Psycho-crypto-ornithology, is a sonic portrait of a peppy but reclusive bird that looks and sounds something like a pigeon-tucan-turkey-hawk. The landscape in which this bird dwells is mostly depicted by the viola and piccolo. However, it isn’t totally clear where the bird’s body-call-song begins and the synaesthetic description of its environment ends.

Shatzer: The Shift & The Break

June 02, 2010 07:00 - 9 minutes - 57.4 MB Video

Written by graduate student composer Garrett Shatzer, the following perform his The Shift & The Break: Peter Josheff, clarinet, Hrabba Atladottir, violin, Leighton Fong, cello, and Michael Orland, piano.

Wade: Ballet from Über Wildemann and the Dandy

June 02, 2010 07:00 - 13 minutes - 85 MB Video

This is a 10-minute excerpt from a psychedelic rock opera called "Über Wildemann and the Dandy" by Liam Wade. The instrumentation is piccolo/flute, viola (played with chopsticks) and percussion (mostly mallet percussion and beer bottles also played with chopsticks).

Wang: Beyond the Sound, There is...

June 02, 2010 07:00 - 9 minutes - 56.2 MB Video

Wang's Beyond the Sound, There is... was inspired by classical Chinese landscape painting. In the classical Chinese art world, everything is related to two essential ideas: Xu and Shi. Xu translates literally as void and represents such qualities as softness and lightness; Shi represents fullness and solidness.

Bodin: La Femme Adultere (2010)

April 18, 2010 07:00 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MB

Philippe Bodin's La Femme Adultere is performed in string quartet and percussion by Hrabba Atladottir, Michelle Maruyama, violin, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, Thalia Moore, cello, and Chris Froh, percussion.

Moe: JOZAPHINE FREEDOM (2009)

April 18, 2010 07:00 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MB

Eric Mo's Jozaphine Freedom is performed by Haleh Abghari, soprano, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Eric More, paino/keyboard, Chris Froh, percussion, with Denise Duhamel, text, and Suzie Silver, video.

Nordin: In the Midst of Trespassing

April 18, 2010 07:00 - 15 minutes - 21.1 MB

Michelle Maruyama, violin, and Chris Froh, percussion, perform Jesper Nordin's In the Midst of Trespassing.

Rhode: Good Stuff (1992/2010)

January 24, 2010 08:00 - 4 minutes - 6.14 MB

Kurt Rhodes's Good Stuff is performed, B-52s arr.

San Martin: Dawn Song (2009)

January 24, 2010 08:00 - 3 minutes - 5.01 MB

Laurie San Martin's Dawn Song is performed with flute and marimba.

Schubert: Tod und das Madchen, op. 7, no. 3

January 24, 2010 08:00 - 3 minutes - 4.13 MB

Franz Schubert's (arr. Ellen Ruth Rose) Tod und das Madchen, op. 7, no. 3 is performed.

Cage: Music for Three

January 24, 2010 08:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MB

John Cage's Music for Three is performed with flute, viola, and percussion.

MacCallum: El Arbol de la Noche Triste (2009)

January 24, 2010 08:00 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MB

John MacCallum's El Arbol de la Noche Triste (The Tree of the Sad Night) is performed with viola and electronics.

Ortiz: The Viola in the Motorcycle Boy's Life (2009)

January 24, 2010 08:00 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MB

Pablo Ortiz's The Viola in the Motorcycle Boy's Life is performed with viola and marimba.

Peterson: Pas de Deux

January 24, 2010 08:00 - 8 minutes - 11.3 MB

Wayne Peterson's Pas de Deux is performed with flute and marimba.

Ovespyan: Deserts (2009)

April 30, 2009 07:00 - 10 minutes - 13.9 MB

Petros Ovsepyan's Deserts is performed by Hrabba Atladotti, violin, Tod Brody, flute, Leighton Fon, cello, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, Karen Rosenak, piano, Loren Mach, percussion and David Milnes, conductor.

Pelo: Lygnir (2009)

April 30, 2009 07:00 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MB

Mika Pelo's Lygnir is performed by Hrabba Atladotti, violin, Tod Brody, flute, Leighton Fon, cello, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, Karen Rosenak, piano, Loren Mach, percussion and David Milnes, conductor.

Davidovksy: Piano Septet (2007)

April 30, 2009 07:00 - 14 minutes - 20 MB

Mario Davidovsky's Piano Septet is performed by Hrabba Atladotti, violin, Tod Brody, flute, Leighton Fon, cello, Peter Josheff, clarinet, Ellen Ruth Rose, viola, Karen Rosenak, piano, Michel Taddei, contrabass, with David Milnes, conductor.