Throughout 2011 Alana has been working with saxophonist/composer/technologist Ben Carey and his system _derivations.
"_derivations is an autonomous and responsive software environment, designed to facilitate possible modes of live interaction between an instrumentalist and the composer. As the name may imply, the system derives all of its sonic responses directly from the improvising instrumentalist; listening to, comparing and transforming analysed musical phrases stored in an ever expanding memory of past performer gestures." - Ben Carey
This is an ongoing project and we're excited to see the developments in 2012.
For more information on Ben Carey and his system: www.bencarey.net
The Royal Wind Music
The Royal Wind Music was formed by Paul Leenhouts in June 1997. The members, originally from England, Estonia, Germany, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, all studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. The consort, a double sextet of renaissance recorders, specializes in instrumental music written between 1500 and 1640. This unique repertoire offers a huge variety of ensemble works written by the most celebrated composers of the time. The numerous collections of three, four, five and six-part consort music were added to by all of the greatest composers of a period rightly recognized as the golden age of chamber music.
The Royal Wind Music has toured in the USA, Spain, France, Germany, England, Ireland, Austria, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, and has received wide acclaim for their precision, expressiveness and spirit. The Royal Wind Music appeared at the Boston Early Music Festival, the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, the Festival de Musica Antigua in Barcelona and the Festival ‘From Distant Lands’ at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. In 2006 the ensemble was awarded the Noorderkerk Prize during the finals of the Vriendenkrans Competition at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Their collection of renaissance recorders ranges from the twelve-inch sopranino to the sub-contrabass measuring over ten feet. The sub-contrabass, a recently designed model built after Renaissance principles, was made in cooperation between Paul Leenhouts, Winfried Hackl and Adriana Breukink.
The first CD of The Royal Wind Music, ‘Alla Dolce Ombra’, was recorded in Seville in April 2002 for the Spanish label Lindoro. It includes poetic music by Italian and Austro-German masters. In addition to the recorder consort, this recording features a special combination of plucked instruments: psaltery, lute, Spanish and Italian harps. In 2007 the second recording of the group was released. 'A Noble Noyse of Musicke' includes a selection of vocal and instrumental master works of the English Renaissance, performed by the recorder consort and guest musicians Christopher Field (countertenor), Israel Golani (lute), Matthias Havinga (organ) and Johan Hofmann (virginal).
You can find more information about The Royal Wind Music in our website www.royalwindmusic.org
