Aaron Cassidy - The Crutch of Memory (CD)

[01] The Crutch of Memory 04:13

for solo indeterminate string instrument (2004) */**

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

[02] What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile 05:06

for solo trumpet (2008)

[03] Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking 04:35

for solo trombone (2008)

[04] Being itself a catastrophe, the diagram must not create a catastrophe 09:33

for oboe/musette/English horn and E-flat/B-flat/bass clarinets (2009) **

[05] I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips 04:09

for voice (with live, computer-generated pitch material) (2006) **

Texts by Arthur Rimbaud: “Voyelles” · Arthur Rimbaud: “Vowels” (unattributed English translation)

Christian Bök: “Voile,” from “Eunoia” (Coach House Press, 2001)

[06] metallic dust 04:35

for amplified bass clarinet (1999)**

[07] asphyxia 10:10

for solo soprano saxophone (2000)**

[08] songs only as sad as their listener 13:10

for solo trombone (2006)**

total time 56:40

ELISION ensemble

Daryl Buckley, Artistic Director

Richard Haynes, clarinets [04] & saxophone · Graeme Jennings, violin

Benjamin Marks, trombone · Carl Rosman, bass clarinet [06] & voice

Peter Veale, oboes · Tristram Williams, trumpet