Churches Made Out Of Shipwrecks, by Michael Laurello

'Churches Made Out Of Shipwrecks'
Composed by Michael Laurello
Performed by icarus Quartet
Matt Keown
Jeff Stern
Larry Weng
Yevgeny Yontov
Recorded in Morse Recital Hall at the Yale School of Music
Recording by Matt LeFevre
Mixing by Michael Laurello
Video by Scott Quade
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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:
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Like the mythological figure from which it draws its name, the half piano, half percussion icarus Quartet dares to fly towards the sun, aspiring to new heights of artistry. Following their Carnegie Hall debut, composer Paul Lansky simply remarked, “This is music making of the highest order.”
While pursuing their graduate degrees at the Yale School of Music, the members of iQ were brought together to represent the school in its prestigious concert series, Yale in New York, with the Yale Percussion Group under the guidance of Robert van Sice. Composition chair Martin Bresnick regarded an appearance of the Quartet as “one of the best student performances of any work I have ever heard… They played with great energy, sensitivity and precision.” They have since performed throughout the northeast as well as in a recent set at the 2017 New Music Gathering in Bowling Green, Ohio. In the 2017-18 season, icarus serves as Ensemble-in-Residence for Music at St. David's in Baltimore, and will also be featured on Yale's distinguished Horowitz Piano Series.
Passionate about educating and engaging with the next generation of musicians, iQ often works in school and university settings. They give classes and coachings on chamber music, as well as composition seminars on writing for their instruments. The icarus percussionists (icarus Duo) are in residence with Yale College, reading, workshopping, and premiering new student works.
Larry Weng, Yevgeny Yontov, Matt Keown, and Jeff Stern are all celebrated soloists in their own rights, with international prizes to their names, and together they have found a special chemistry and inimitable joy playing chamber music. They are dedicated to the discovery, creation, and performance of new music, but what distinguishes their approach to contemporary music is a strong training and background in the classical genre. icarus Quartet is committed to performing new works with a studied and convincing interpretation that mirrors the validity of works with performance practices developed over centuries.
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ABOUT THE COMPOSER:
Michael Laurello (b. 1981) is an American composer, recording/mixing engineer, and pianist whose music reflects his fascination with temporal dissonance and emotional immediacy. His music has been presented at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, MATA, PASIC, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Carlsbad Music Festival, Music from Angel Fire, N_SEME, National Conference of the Society of Composers, Inc., and has been featured on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. He has collaborated with ensembles and soloists such as Sō Percussion, Nashville Symphony, arx duo, HOCKET, GVSU New Music Ensemble, Triplepoint Trio, icarus Quartet, Sandbox Percussion, and Yale Percussion Group. Recent commissions include a solo piano work for Brianna Matzke/The Response Project, an SATB choral work celebrating the birth of architect Theodate Pope Riddle, and a composition for the GVSU New Music Ensemble's 2018 Listening to Our National Parks project.
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Unbelievable!

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Incredible stuff

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This is beyond beautiful - the piece and the performance.

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This is beautiful! What a fantastic performance of an incredible piece!

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Music for a voyage through the Solar System

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John Maguire, Exactly what I thought! Very sci fi, especially at the beginning.

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Very tasteful i liked alot!

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Fantastic!

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Great piece!

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Beautiful! This should be rescored

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Why?

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Awesome piece!!!
What’s the Percussion setup? At least what’s the third drum after the Bass Tom and Gran Casa, and what are the anvil like metal plates?

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somebody explain what those devices above the piano strings are plz

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They look like E-Bows lined with moleskin.

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Yup they’re EBows. They cause a piano string to resonate without physically touching it. They’re made for electric guitars, but work great on pianos. Thanks for listening!

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