Christian Asplund - Composer

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From the song cycle Night (1992). Margo Edwards, soprano. Christian Asplund, piano.
I. Broken Water, II. Dark Horse, part 1, II. Dark Horse, part 2, III. Night

From Morton to Tom for Piano and Classical Guitar (1995) (Played by Michael Fjerstad, guitar, and Christian Asplund, piano; 9 March 2006)

From the song cycle, My Private Body (2001) for Soprano, Piano, and Clarinet, texts by Lara Candland:
Coming of Train, My Private Body, A Song About Sick Trees and Mold, Freak of Nature, Your Hand

Let it Spin (2007), I (Composer/performer: Christian Asplund),
Let it Spin, II

The Wind (2007) for Piano; Christian Asplund, piano
I , II, III, IV, V, VI, VII

From Istanbul (2007) (Jaren Hinckley, Clarinet; Eric Hansen, Bass; Christian Asplund, Piano):
I, II, III, IV, V, VI

Passage, for Tenor Saxophone and Piano (2007), Robert Reigle, Sax; Christian Asplund, Piano: Istanbul Technical University, 25 April 2007

Creation (2003) for Carillon (Neil Thornock, Carillon)
I. Proclamation, II. Emanation, III. Canon, IV. Design for Cosmos, V. Prayer

From Sunset with Pink Pastoral, London version (2002), performed by Almeida Opera, Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, April 2002:
Afraid Sand Song, A Web of Destinations, Earth Song

From Fla (2001) for Flute and viola
Floket, Unisono, Lullabye, Alto, Gentle, Fast, Brick, Francy — Played by Matt Dane and Christina Jennings
Flaw, New, Fade — Played by Penelope Clarke and Catherine Jillings

Go With Me (1995) - Eyvind Kang, violin (23 February 1995, Seattle)

Crispois (1995) Marilyn Crispell, piano and Francois Houle, clarinet

Again We Meet (1994) Played by Stuart Dempster, Ken Morrison, Matthew Sperry, Robert Reigle, Maxim Mahoney-Flake, Christian Asplund. Recorded by Doug Haire at Jack Straw Productions (8/29/94)

Hope #1 (1990) played by Felicia Moye, Howard Lubin, Greg Sauer

I Am (2003) for Processed Viola and Tape

Movements from Uba (2002), for Tuba and Organ, played by Joseph Jensen and Suzette Jensen-Asplund
Uba I,Uba II, Uba III, Uba IV, Uba V, Uba VI, Uba VII, Uba VIII, Uba IX, Uba X

Being 3 (1999) (performed by Greg Campbell and Christian Asplund without instruments)

Concerto Grosso (1997): Two versions
Young Composers Collective at OK Hotel:
Young Composers Collective at OK Hotel, I, II-III
Seattle Creative Orchestra:
I, II-III

Lazarus - For Tenor Sax and Organ (Maxim Mahoney-Flake, Sax, Christian Asplund, Organ) December 1992, Mills College Chapel

Pieces played by Aitsi (Robert Reigle, Ken Morrison, Maxim Mahoney-Flake, Christian Asplund) (1993-94):
Receive My Soul

The Anatomy Series, played by Mark France, Greg Campbell, Christian Asplund, Originally broadcast on Doug Haire’s Sonarchy Radio program, August 2000:
Anatomy 3, Anatomy 4, Anatomy 5 , Anatomy 6, Anatomy 7, Anatomy 8, Anatomy 9, Anatomy 10

Space Panther - Played by the BYU University Band, Darrell Brown, Director (3 April 2007)

Symphony #4 (Live). Played by Seattle Creative Orchestra. 1998.

From Ruach 2 for Shakuhachi and Viola (Phil Gelb, Shakuhachi; Christian Asplund, Viola) (2006)
I , II , III, IV, V

From 7 Pieces for Prepared Piano (2000):
1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Lament - for Matthew - Played by OrcheSperry, Christian Asplund on viola, Oakland, 4 June 2006

The following cuts are from Brainstun’s Self-titled debut cassette release (1997) (Matthew Sperry, Bass; Jessica Lurie, Alto Saxophone; Greg Campbell, Drums; Christian Asplund, viola, violin, harmonium; Scott Colburn, eng.)
Sonarchy, Know, Heavensend, Enoch, Batmap

The following cuts are from Brainstun’s first outing, a performance on Sonarchy radio (Doug Haire, eng.), (January 1996) with Francois Houle, Matthew Sperry, Greg Campbell, and Christian Asplund:
Solominim