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Paul Novak
Добавлен 5 мар 2013
The "spellbinding" (Washington Post) music of Chicago-based composer Paul Novak immerses listeners in shimmering and subtly crafted musical worlds full of color, motion, light, and magic. Rejecting grandiose narratives, his work is driven by a love of small things - miniature forms, delicate soundscapes, and condensed ideas - and guided by a sense of empathy for the performers playing his music.
www.paulnovakmusic.com
www.paulnovakmusic.com
dances and prayers in isolation: ii. "flow" for solo piano
dances and prayers in isolation is a set of short pieces written for and performed remotely from quarantine by friends and colleagues during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Each miniature is scored for a different solo or duo instrumentation, and the work is structured with fast, rhythmic movements alternating with somber, reflective ones.
performed by Wesley Ducote, piano
performed by Wesley Ducote, piano
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Paul Novak - longing is an aviary (2023) for orchestra
Просмотров 373День назад
longing is an aviary (2023) for orchestra longing is an aviary draws its title from Ross Gay’s poem “Because,” which depicts longing with an evocative catalogue of images which are quivering, luminous, and full of motion. I explore this same trembling effect in a series of tightly controlled, virtuosic dances for orchestra which spiral outwards from a single pitch. This music is driven by a kal...
glimmersongs (2019) for quintet
Просмотров 56814 дней назад
glimmersongs unfolds in a delicate, dream-like atmosphere, rippling like light reflected on water. From the resonance of the highest range of the piano, the strings emerge like piercing glints of light. From this fused sound, the ensemble begins to crack apart: instruments pass around runs and musical lines in fierce orchestrational games, and a rhythmic, angular music punctuates the ends of ph...
ornithology of desire (2023) for three piccolos and electronics
Просмотров 89721 день назад
ornithology of desire (2023) for three spatialized piccolos and electronics ornithology of desire is a piece about birds and queer desire. In the early pandemic, I spent hours sitting inside in quarantine watching the sparrows and finches at the feeder on my front porch. I had just moved to a city where I knew no one, and I felt as alone as I had ever been. That period was defined for me by ach...
dream catalog (2021) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and percussion quartet (w/ score)
Просмотров 4735 месяцев назад
dream catalog (2021) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and percussion quartet In January 2021, I began to keep a dream journal. I dreamt a lot this year about masks and crowds, as many of us did; I also dreamt frequently about my body and my health. Some of my dreams were related to my life and memories, and others had no clear connection. In many of my dreams, familiar things seemed unfamiliar and ...
interlocutor (2021) for piano quartet (w/ score)
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.5 месяцев назад
interlocutor (2021) for piano quartet interlocutor is a study in interruption. I love music which draws influence from speech, and just like in an argument, the instruments here are constantly talking over one another. There’s really only one musical idea in the whole piece-the simple melody heard at the very beginning of the piece-but this idea is fragmented and punctuated by all sorts of othe...
Paul Novak - dialogues in black and white (2019) for solo piano (w/ score)
Просмотров 7595 месяцев назад
dialogues in black and white (2019) for solo piano As someone who is fascinated by the transformation of tiny, simple ideas into complex pieces of art, I find the work of Ellsworth Kelly captivating. Kelly, a painter and sculptor known for the minimalist abstraction and geometric austerity of his work, spent much of his career fixated on the endless permutation of certain color palettes and pat...
Paul Novak - ghost story (2023) for soprano, harp, and percussion (w/ score)
Просмотров 6225 месяцев назад
"ghost story" was written in collaboration with poet Victoria Flanagan and choreographer Marc Macaranas as part of "New Music/New Dance," an interdisciplinary performance by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition and DanceWorks Chicago. music by Paul Novak text by Victoria Flanagan choreography by Marc Macaranas Kristina Bachrach, soprano Ben Melsky, harp John Corkill, percussion Dance...
as the light begins to drift (2019) for sinfonietta (w/ score)
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as the light begins to drift (2019) for sinfonietta As a student at Rice, I became familiar with the unusual and beautiful cloud formations that appear in East Texas skies. as the light begins to drift was inspired by their subtle interplay of light and shadow and their flowing, hazy geometries. The work opens with a burst of swirling texture, with spiraling runs and swells entangling in a chao...
Paul Novak - prisms and mirrors (2021) for pierrot ensemble (w/ score)
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.6 месяцев назад
prisms and mirrors (2021) for pierrot sextet I’m fascinated by prismatic musical forms: structures that continuously refract and reflect, kaleidoscopically shifting and evolving but at the same time static and unchanging. I imagine a light shined through a series of crystals and mirrors, shimmering into colorful spectra and bouncing in unexpected directions. Similarly, prisms and mirrors maps a...
Paul Novak - entwining (2021) for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (w/ score)
Просмотров 4,8 тыс.6 месяцев назад
entwining (2021) for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Paul Novak One of the preoccupations of my music in the last several years has been miniature forms. I’m drawn to short, unassuming pieces which contain entire musical worlds, and to tiny structures which are nevertheless immersive and finely detailed. entwining is a set of three interlocking miniatures which are very different but neverthe...
Paul Novak - ghost story (2023) for soprano, harp, and percussion
Просмотров 356Год назад
"ghost story" was written in collaboration with poet Victoria Flanagan and choreographer Marc Macaranas as part of "New Music/New Dance," an interdisciplinary performance by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition and DanceWorks Chicago. music by Paul Novak text by Victoria Flanagan choreography by Marc Macaranas Kristina Bachrach, soprano Ben Melsky, harp John Corkill, percussion Dance...
Paul Novak - entwining (2021) for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.2 года назад
entwining (2021) for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano Recorded June 2021 by Music from Copland House Moran Katz, clarinet Pala Garcia, violin Alexis Gerlach, cello Margaret Kampmeier, piano One of the preoccupations of my music in the last several years has been miniature forms. I’m drawn to short, unassuming pieces which contain entire musical worlds, and to tiny structures which are neverth...
Paul Novak - dances and prayers in isolation (2020): ii. prayer no. 1 for solo piano "flow"
Просмотров 2662 года назад
dances and prayers in isolation (2020) ii. dance no. 1 for solo piano "flow" by Paul Novak Performed April 2022 by Wesley Ducote as part of his recital "Creative Dialogues" Truist Pavilion, New World Center, Miami, FL Program Notes: dances and prayers in isolation is a set of short pieces written for and performed remotely from quarantine by friends and colleagues during the 2020 COVID-19 pande...
Paul Novak - as the light begins to drift (2019) for sinfonietta
Просмотров 7232 года назад
as the light begins to drift (2019) for sinfonietta by Paul Novak Performed February 2022 as part of the RED NOTE New Music Festival at Illinois State University Anthony Marinello, conductor Brianne Steif, flute Judith Dicker, oboe Anne Dervin, clarinet Michael Dicker, bassoon Anne McNamara, trumpet Rachel Hockenberry, horn Baryl Brandt & Will Lawton, percussion Mark Babbitt, trombone Pei-I Wan...
Paul Novak - a string quartet is like a flock of birds, for string quartet
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.3 года назад
Paul Novak - a string quartet is like a flock of birds, for string quartet
Paul Novak - blimunda songs for pierrot ensemble
Просмотров 6923 года назад
Paul Novak - blimunda songs for pierrot ensemble
Paul Novak - dialogues in black and white (after ellsworth kelly) for solo piano (2019)
Просмотров 6974 года назад
Paul Novak - dialogues in black and white (after ellsworth kelly) for solo piano (2019)
Paul Novak - marking punctuations (2018) for string quartet (excerpts)
Просмотров 2794 года назад
Paul Novak - marking punctuations (2018) for string quartet (excerpts)
Paul Novak - 3 Night Pieces (2017) for flute and piano
Просмотров 6896 лет назад
Paul Novak - 3 Night Pieces (2017) for flute and piano
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Lovely!
Love this! Kind of reminds me of Timo Andres, but it's still very distinct to your voice.
It’s amazing how perfectly this piece, at least the first movement, captures the feeling of being shrunken down and curiously traversing the world around you, now colossal in your eyes
thank you!! i'm obsessed with this description - kind of want to put this in my bio lol
Very vivid and inventive use of layered textures, as well as a melodically brilliant theme
Beautiful music ❤
Reminds me of Andriessen
Very beautiful! Can you tell a bit about the electronics? How did you made them or in which software? Thanks!
thanks so much! the electronics are all fixed - i recorded a bunch of piccolo sounds and then sampled them :)
Great writting! Amazing atmosphere ;)
Beautiful as always!
Excellent!
fastest click of my life, stunning piece ✨
Never a dull moment
This is extremely cool, thank you for sharing. I love the percussive air sounds, especially with the downward glisses on top. - From another queer composer :)
gorgeous!
Wow! This is very cool!
So Awesome and captivating!!!!
This is mindblowing
Definitely fits the title!
niente-forte swell gesture will never die as long as we live (beautiful music as always <3)
Hahaha I love "pierrot ensemble" to keep it short
Stunning!
Magic piece. Magic performance. Loved this!
Amazing as always!
nice 😎
Massive piece I wonder... where did you study? With whom? I really like your music man
Wow this is very beautiful!
Like this piece very much!
Love the rhythmic pulse and pianissimi
Strange, very strange… yet light and simple in its own way. Marvelous work !!!! <3
twilight font on this beautiful piece
I have not been moved by music in this way for a longtime... breathtakingly beautiful!
Beautiful!
energetic, clear, fresh
A piece with a lot of mystery and flavor, I like it!
Nice texture and touch
genius ❤
WOW!
The development of the materials are lacking.
Ok Bach
When you put the single squared shape note ( harmonics) how does the player know exactly where to cut the string and what harmonic should sound? Thank you
Nice music ❤️
Wonderful music ❤️
Entrancing from start to finish, Paul! Grateful your music showed up in my recommended today :)
sodelicious............................
Interest work. Lovely soundscape, and enough melodic and rhythmic elements to keep the sections varied. Nice piece!
Yes! Hard to add to the superlatives already stated. Well done!
Great piece. Bravo!
Beautiful music! I'm glad to have discovered your music. Do you know Lukas Foss' Three Airs on Frank O'Hara's Angel? I think you would like it. The middle section of that piece inhabits a similar world as this lovely piece.
This is the contemporary classical I want to hear! A clear musical direction, outstanding taste, attractive innovation and delicious harmonies. A very good piece, my compliments!
I love it! So rhythmic I found myself bobbing my head all along