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Paul Novak
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 5 มี.ค. 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
Paul Novak - longing is an aviary (2023) for orchestra
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 kaleidoscopic sense of color, a process of refracting and unwinding, and a momentum which eventually builds into a frenzied, shimmering aviary of birds. longing is an aviary was written for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and conductor Tim Weiss in Spring 2023.
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 kaleidoscopic sense of color, a process of refracting and unwinding, and a momentum which eventually builds into a frenzied, shimmering aviary of birds. longing is an aviary was written for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and conductor Tim Weiss in Spring 2023.
มุมมอง: 122
วีดีโอ
glimmersongs (2019) for quintet
มุมมอง 40719 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา
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
มุมมอง 63514 วันที่ผ่านมา
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)
มุมมอง 4554 หลายเดือนก่อน
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)
มุมมอง 1.8K5 หลายเดือนก่อน
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)
มุมมอง 7225 หลายเดือนก่อน
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)
มุมมอง 6015 หลายเดือนก่อน
"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)
มุมมอง 1.1K5 หลายเดือนก่อน
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)
มุมมอง 2.1K5 หลายเดือนก่อน
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)
มุมมอง 4.2K6 หลายเดือนก่อน
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
มุมมอง 353ปีที่แล้ว
"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
มุมมอง 1.3K2 ปีที่แล้ว
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"
มุมมอง 2532 ปีที่แล้ว
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
มุมมอง 7152 ปีที่แล้ว
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
มุมมอง 1.5K3 ปีที่แล้ว
a string quartet is like a flock of birds (2020) nine meditations and dances for string quartet Commissioned by Kinetic Ensemble in Fall 2020 Performed Nov. 1st, 2020 Kinetic Ensemble - Textures of Change Live Oak Friends Meeting House Houston, TX Jacob Schafer and Samuel Park, violins Sergein Yap, viola David Olson, cello I've been thinking a lot recently about togetherness and apartness; how ...
Paul Novak - blimunda songs for pierrot ensemble
มุมมอง 6883 ปีที่แล้ว
Paul Novak - blimunda songs for pierrot ensemble
Paul Novak - dialogues in black and white (after ellsworth kelly) for solo piano (2019)
มุมมอง 6924 ปีที่แล้ว
Paul Novak - dialogues in black and white (after ellsworth kelly) for solo piano (2019)
Paul Novak - marking punctuations (2018) for string quartet (excerpts)
มุมมอง 2744 ปีที่แล้ว
Paul Novak - marking punctuations (2018) for string quartet (excerpts)
Paul Novak - 3 Night Pieces (2017) for flute and piano
มุมมอง 6856 ปีที่แล้ว
Paul Novak - 3 Night Pieces (2017) for flute and piano
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.
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
🤯🤯🤯 amazing piece, so unique and immersive the whole way through
So good!
hell yeah another banger
your music is so satisfying
Stunning! I have to thank the TH-cam algorithmic deity for bringing this masterpiece to my attention!
it looks like Olivie Messaien
beautiful and inspiring, it's like a return to expressionism with a whole new coat of paint
Im very impressed, thank you for all these colors
Giving off strong Druckman vibes. Love it!
A very attractive display of musical fireworks.