on top of these more established ensembles, i’ve got a few new projects in various stages of development, including:

messiaen project
motivated by a deep respect and intrigue for the music of olivier messiaen, this trio will explore messiaen’s most eminent work; ‘quatuor pour la fin du temps’ (quartet for the end of time). this astonishing piece, completed in 1941, was composed during messiaen’s incarceration in a german prisoner of war camp. using messiaen’s score as a departure point, eugene and marc have composed a program of music that takes its cues from some of the most striking melodic, harmonic, rhythmic and mathematical aspects of work.

messiaen project # 8 (composer: eugene ball)

click to stream audio file: wma  mp3

"the interval was a motif in itself, transposed through registers and only then breaking into a light melodic, rhythmic run. for some this also had the glass bell jar effect. so contained, so deliberate, measured and spare, so delicate it in its way."
john clare, www.sima.org.au

 

eugene ball quartet marc hannaford - bass des white - bass sam bates - drums eugene ball - trumpet

distillment (composer: eugene ball) click to stream audio file: wma  mp3

 

ball/dinesen/pallesen/jayaweera quartet jakob dinesen (denmark) - tenor guffi pallensen (sweden) - bass rajiv jayaweera - drums eugene ball - trumpet

a new guinean in new york (composer: eugene ball) click to stream audio file: wma  mp3

drunkle lugie’s new alehouse five
andrea keller - keys
marc hannaford - keys
chris hale - bass
ben hendry - drums
eugene ball - trumpet

noisey quartet phil noy - alto/carneyphone eugene ball - trumpet mark shepherd - bass sam bates - drums

john coleman (composer: phil noy) click to stream audio file: wma  mp3