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Asher Zaccardelli viola
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Ysaye: Sonata No.4
live performance at St Mary-at-Hill, London
Lilja is thought to be one of the oldest surviving Icelandic folk tunes. This tonally ambiguous melody was given to a religious poem called Lilja meaning Lily, written by Eysteinn Ásgrímsson in the fourteenth century. The original poem contains over 100 verses.
The audio and visuals were recorded by Eloisa-Fleur at the Tvísöngur sound sculpture, Seyðisfjörður, on 23 October 2015. The five differently sized concrete interconnected domes each resonate to one of the five tones in Icelandic traditional folk song, working as a natural amplifier. Each layer of the multi-track is recorded in a different acoustic dome. The sculpture was built in 2012 by artist Lukas Khnes.
A Languorous Window Stands White
from Hafliði Hallgrímsson's Seven Epigrams for violin and cello.
Eloisa-Fleur Thom violin
Max Ruisi cello
Recorded at Bláa Kirkjan, Seyðisfjörður on 29th January 2016. The collection of footage was shot in the mountains surrounding the town of Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland.
A love letter to Iceland. As part of Eloisa-Fleur's 2015/16 Icelandic residency, five fellow members of the 12 ensemble joined her at Heima, Seydisfjordur, to work on Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht. The video documents the trip, featuring audio from the live concert at Bláa Kirkjan on 20th March 2016.
Prokofiev Sonata for two violins - 1st movement with Galya Bisengalieva. Live from St Pancras Church, London
London Contemporary Orchestra Soloists
Excerpt from Michael Gordon's Potassium, filmed at Sonos Studio LDN, Shoreditch, September 2015. Videographers: Nicola Sersale and Alberto Boldini
Mahler Symphony No 4
Debussy Prelude a l'apres-midi
Linn Records
Trevor Pinnock, conducts the Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble in revealing chamber arrangements of Mahler's most frequently performed symphony and Debussy's Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, on its debut recording for Linn. The 15-piece ensemble is lead by Eloisa-Fleur Thom.
Bruckner Symphony No 2
Strauss' Wein, Weib und Gesang arr. Alban Berg
Linn Records
This is the second in the series which sees Trevor and the Academy record works which are retrospectively reigniting Schoenberg's vision of performing chamber reductions of symphonic repertoire. The ensemble is lead by Eloisa-Fleur Thom.