Sonic Grace
Our Sonic Grace audio blog is a place where musicians and composers tell us about a piece of music that changed everything.
Stephen Clarke - Un Adieu Composed by Giacinto Scelsi
Un Adieu is the first work I ever heard of Giacinto Scelsi back in 1994. This started my deeper fascination with contemporary music, and with…
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James O’Callaghan - Iced Bodies by Seth Parker Woods and Spencer Topel
I was blown away when I discovered this collaboratively-created work by Cellist Seth Parker Woods and Sound Artist Spencer Topel. It is an incredibly moving…
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David Hetherington - Figment for Cello Alone by Elliott Carter
One of the most important pieces in my journey through the world of New Music would have to be Berio’s Sequenza XIVa for Solo Cello.…
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Amahl Arulanandam - Sequenza XIVa for Solo Cello by Luciano Berio
One of the most important pieces in my journey through the world of New Music would have to be Berio’s Sequenza XIVa for Solo Cello.…
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Stephanie Chua - Serynade for Piano by Helmut Lachenmann
Serynade (1997/1998) by Helmut Lachenmann is the piece that has most strongly influenced my development as a contemporary pianist. I know this is a pretty…
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Corie Rose Soumah - String Quartet No. 2 by Görgy Ligeti
Ligeti’s String Quartet No. 2 has been an incredible discovery and a beautiful awakening to new musical possibilities. Before my encounter with this piece, my…
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Nicole Lizée - Slow Motion Music
Vangelis’ Chariots of Fire soundtrack from 1981 is embedded in my subconscious. It’s a movie I first saw when I was maybe 10 years old…
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Linda Catlin Smith - Sight Rhythmics for piano composed by Jo Kondo
A composer who became important to my way of thinking is Jo Kondo (Japan), who I met at the University of Victoria when he was…
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