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    • La Conversation Enchantée et Galante - Winner of the 2022 Růžičková Composition Competition
    • He is more than a hero
    • CANTATA AMOROSA
    • No.142: Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate - Shakespeare's Sonnet Circus
    • SCORSERO QUATTRO LUSTRI
    • Que Suis-Je Hélas? - Sounding the PAges - for Soprano
    • Que Suis-Je Hélas? - Sounding the PAges - for Mezzo-Soprano
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Susie Vaughan - Composer

re-enchanting the past:

'La Conversation Enchantée et Galante' is published and printed by Prima la musica!

“I have a desire to re-enchant the past, to take the listener to a splintered sound world where historical styles are refracted through the contemporary prism of film, folk, circus & cabaret"

'La conversation' - Spotlight on Planet Hugill!

Robert Hugill from Planet Hugill shares 'La Conversation' as his Spotlight today

Delighted and honoured to see this morning that Robert Hugill, whose Planet Hugill reviews I have been reading and following for many years, kindly shared ‘La Conversation’ as his Spotlight today 20th July 2023

'La Conversation' - link to Planet Hugill Spotlight

FILM PREMIERE OF 'LA CONVERSATION ENCHANTÉE ET GALANTE' RELEASED ON YOUTUBE!

⬅️ Link 🔂 to YouTube

I’m thrilled to finally share the film premiere of my 2022 Růžičková Composition Competition piece, La Conversation Enchantée et Galante - and I have a long list of heartfelt THANK YOUs!

First and foremost, to the amazing Ada Witczyk for creating the wonderful Růžičková Composition Competition and tirelessly supporting, encouraging and inspiring contemporary composers to write new music for period instruments, as well as giving stunning performances of the pieces! To the awesome Simon Helbling - and all his fantastic film crew listed below - for his inspiration and magical direction, which perfectly captures the spirit of enchantment in La Conversation. To the fabulous musicians of Florilegium - Ashley Solomon - Baroque Flute, Reiko Ichise - Viola da Gamba, Steven Devine - Harpsichord (audio), Dominika Maszczynska - Harpsichord (on screen) for their exceptionally beautiful playing, and to Dominika for her kindness in demystifying Harpsichord registrations for me! To the excellent Nick Hardisty for his Artistic Direction & Producing, and making the beautiful recording. To the brilliant Brian Clark at Prima la musica! for expertly guiding me through the publishing process and producing such beautifully printed copies of the scores and parts. 

I’ve loved every minute of being part of this large creative Růžičková family - it’s been the most wonderful year! THANK YOU! ❤️🥰

MUSICIANS:
Ada Witczyk - Baroque Violin 
Ashley Solomon - Baroque Flute 
Reiko Ichise - Viola da Gamba
Steven Devine - Harpsichord (audio) - @steven
Dominika Maszczynska - Harpsichord (on screen) - @dominika

FILM CREW:
Simon Helbling - Director
Nick Hardisty - AD / Producer / Sound Engineer
Hamid Ahmadi - Director of Photography
Alessandro Di Rosa - 1st AC Piero Cioffi - Gaffer / Camera Operator 
Markela Kontaratou - Spark 
Taina Vez - Hair & Makeup

🔂 Link to YouTube

'La Conversation Enchantée et Galante' - Meet the Performers!

Ada Witczyk - Baroque Violin

Ada Witczyk - Baroque Violin

Ashley Solomon - Baroque Flute

Ashley Solomon - Baroque Flute

Reiko Ichise - Viola da Gamba

Reiko Ichise - Viola da Gamba

Dominika Maszczynska - Harpsichord (on screen)

Steven Devine - Harpsichord (audio)

Dominika Maszczynska - Harpsichord (on screen)

Steven Devine - Harpsichord (audio)

Nick Hardisty - Barkeeper

Nick is also Assistant Director, Producer and Sound Engineer

Nick Hardisty - Barkeeper

Nick is also Assistant Director, Producer and Sound Engineer

TRAILERS FOR film premiere of ‘La Conversation' ON 11th July at 7:30pm

The film premiere of ‘La Conversation Enchantée et Galante’ will be released on 11th July at 7:30pm

I’m so excited to share with you that the film premiere of ‘La Conversation Enchantée et Galante’ will be released on 11th July at 7:30pm. Composed as my submission to the 2022 Růžičková Composition Competition, La Conversation is for the same Baroque Ensemble instrumentation as Telemann’s Paris Quartets and takes inspiration from circus arts and aesthetics. 

Huge thanks to the amazing Ada Witczyk for playing Baroque Violin and creating this wonderful composing opportunity, to Simon Helbling for his inspired direction, and to the musicians of Florilegium for their very beautiful playing. 

Baroque Violin - Ada Witczyk
Baroque Flute - Ashley Solomon
Viola da Gamba - Reiko Ichise
Harpsichord (audio) - Steven Devine
Harpsichord (on screen) - Dominika Maszczynska

View Trailers on my Insta Page

MiRNArte

‘The first international virtual exhibition on the island of Venice: “Viral Human. Public Art and Metaverse” promoted by MiRNArte and Creative Motion.’

I’m thrilled and honoured to announce that I have been selected for:

‘The first international virtual exhibition on the island of Venice: “Viral Human. Public Art and Metaverse” promoted by MiRNArte and Creative Motion.’

Huge thanks to MiRNArte and Creative Motion for including me in this wonderfully innovative project and I’m very much looking forward to sharing the music selected from 17th July 2023.

 

 

Please head over to the MiRNArte website:
https://mirnarte.com/en/
for more information about this wonderfully innovative project:

‘The event will be open from 17 July to 2 November via the MiRNArte mobile application, which can be downloaded for free from 25 June on the Apple and Google Play stores. The exhibition catalog will be available both in paper and digital form from the month of July. Further updates coming soon.’

‘Viral Human is a multimedia installation virtually spread on the island of Venice, that travels in parallel between two historical eras, the Plague and Covid. The visit itinerary unfolds like a treasure hunt through an app that, like a time capsule, guides the visitor in an immersive and interactive experience. The project is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation and prestigious collaborations such as the well-known theatre director Matteo Belli, the Department of Ancient Music of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory, the Venice State Archives, the Venice Civic Museums Foundation, the Scuola Grande di San Rocco and the Pantakin Theatre Company – comedy circus theatre events.’

MiRNArte Website

'La Conversation Enchantée et Galante' is published and printed by Prima la musica!

Printed copies of 'La Conversation Enchantée et Galante'

Printed copies of 'La Conversation Enchantée et Galante'

The Goldfinch who inspired the subtitle of the piece: ‘Le Chardonneret est le Fantôme dans la Machine’. The painting of a Goldfinch, sitting on a branch, on the soundboard of the 1769 Pascal Taskin Harpsichord in the Raymond Russell Collection in St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh. The painted Goldfinch comes to life and flies into the music…!

The Goldfinch who inspired the subtitle of the piece: ‘Le Chardonneret est le Fantôme dans la Machine’. The painting of a Goldfinch, sitting on a branch, on the soundboard of the 1769 Pascal Taskin Harpsichord in the Raymond Russell Collection in St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh. The painted Goldfinch comes to life and flies into the music…!

First page of the score

First page of the score

Sitting on the steps of my Composing Hut

Sitting on the steps of my Composing Hut

Desk where I write my music inside my Composing Hut

Desk where I write my music inside my Composing Hut

Programme Notes for 'La Conversation Enchantée et Galante'

Programme Notes for 'La Conversation Enchantée et Galante'

Objects of Goldfinch affection and inspiration

Objects of Goldfinch affection and inspiration

Viola da Gamba solo

Viola da Gamba solo

Composing desk

Composing desk

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La Conversation Enchantée et Galante

'La Conversation Enchantée et Galante', one of the three winning compositions of the 2022 Růžičková Composition Competition, is published by Prima la musica!

I’m thrilled to share that the score and parts for my piece La Conversation Enchantée et Galante are now available for purchase at Prima la musica! Huge thanks to Brian Clark at Prima la musica! for all his hard work in publishing these beautifully produced covers and scores!

La Conversation was my submission to the 2022 Růžičková Composition Competition and was one of the three winning pieces and awarded the Viktor Kalabis Prize and the Prima la musica! Prize. I also want to give huge thanks to competition founder and Baroque Violinist Ada Witczyk for everything she does in organising and playing for this wonderful competition. Congratulations too to fellow colleagues Isidro Albarreal Delgado and Erik Valdemar Sköld, whose pieces are also published.

La Conversation was first inspired by Ada’s brief to “explore Telemann’s Paris Quartets and celebrate the art of conversation between instruments”, so is scored for Baroque Flute, Baroque Violin, Gamba and Harpsichord.

The subtitle of the piece is  Le Chardonneret est le Fantôme dans la Machine, which was inspired by the painting of a Goldfinch, sitting on a branch, on the soundboard of the 1769 Pascal Taskin Harpsichord in the Raymond Russell Collection in St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh. The painted Goldfinch comes to life and flies into the music…! 

Head over to Prima la musica!
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Ada Witczyk and the musicians of florilegium recording 'la conversation enchantée et Galante'

So exciting to hear the wonderful playing of Ada Witczyk and the musicians of Florilegium in the recording session for our #ruzickovacompetition compositions.

First you’ll hear a clip of El Gorrion (The Sparrow) by Isidro Albarreal @isidroalbarreal and then a clip of my piece La Conversation Enchantée et Galante: Le Chardonneret (Goldfinch) est le Fantôme dans la Machine’. We both chose birds as the inspiration for our pieces!

I can’t wait for the next stage of the project, which is the filming of our compositions by Director Simon Helbling 🎥

click here to watch a clip of the recording session

LATEST NEWS!

Results for Ada Witczyk's RUŽIČKOVÁ COMPOSITION COMPETITION!

I am delighted and honoured that my piece La Conversation Enchantée et Galante has been chosen as one of the three winning compositions in this year's wonderful Zuzana Růžičková Composition Competition 2022. Huge thanks to competition founder Ada Witczyk and the rest of the judging panel. Receiving the Viktor Kalabis Prize and the Prima la Musica Prize means that the piece will be recorded by Ada Witczyk and the musicians of Florilegium, then filmed by Director Simon Helbling, and published by Prima la Musica, which is all wonderful news. This competition has been such a pleasure and an inspiration to take part in and I look forward to sharing the piece very soon. To read more about the competition and La Conversation Enchantée et Galante please follow the link on the button below.

Read about the RUŽIČOVÁ COMPOSITION COMPETITION and my piece La Conversation Enchantée et Galante

INSTA Live Q&A with ada Witczyk

Founder of the Zuzana Růžičková Composition Competition

With Isidro Albarreal (the other winner of the Viktor Kalabis Prize and the Prima la Musica Prize) and myself. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

INSTA LIVE Q&A with Ada Witczyk
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