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Saxophone Quartet (2009) Skyler Murray Quartet, Provo, April 2009
Greg and Thomas Campbell, Moses and Christian Asplund, improvising with blocks, pots, bottle and flute, Thanksgiving, 2009, Exoskeleto:
Parabola Mysteries, Clarity, Disposable Independence, Leaf Kingdom, Stray Rotation
Piano Sonata #2 (2009) Played by Scott Holden, Madsen Recital Hall, Provo, Utah, 30 January 2009
Org (2008). Neil Thornock, organ, Madsen Recital Hall, 30 January 2009
7-11-09: Concert at Madsen Recital Hall, Provo, UT with Valerie Kuehne and David Grollman:
Two, Three, Four, Five
27 June 2009: Locust Salon 8 @ Exoskeleto (Christian Asplund, Greg Campbell, Lara Candland, Neil Thornock)
Improvisation 1 (Christian & Greg), Improvisation 2 (Christian and Greg), Neil Thornock - Composition for Piano and Electronics, Lara Candland - Poetry (Accompanied by Greg and Christian), Improvisation 3 (Greg and Christian), Improvisation 4 (Greg and Christian)
18 June 2009 - Pennyroyal Cafe, Provo
Neil Thornock and Christian Asplund:
Improvisation 2, Improvisation 3
SONGS PLAYED BY LOCUST TRIO (Christian Asplund, Lize Rhodes, Curtis Smith)
Rainwater
Space
Spiral
Reply
Majesty
Cueva (composed by Curtis Smith, Performed by Locust Trio)
Reddish Orange (composed by Curtis Smith, performed by Locust Trio)
13 June 2009 - Gallery 1412, Seattle - Christian Asplund, Greg Campbell, Stuart Dempster, Bill Smith:
Improvisation 1, Improvisation 2, Improvisation 3, Improvisation 4 - Clapping Piece of Some Sort, Improvisation 5
12 June 2009 - Good Shepherd Center, Seattle - Greg Campbell (drums/horn) with Christian Asplund (piano/viola), Eric Barber (tenor and soprano sax), and Jesse Canterbury (clarinet and bass clarinet):
Etude 1 (Asplund), Different-Sized Zeros (Campbell), Ting (Asplund), The Moon Waxes (Campbell), Stbop (Asplund), 6-equipoise.mp3, 7-improvisation.mp3, Save It (Asplund)
OILY NIGHT with Danijel Zezelj (painter), Jessica Lurie (saxophone), Greg Campbell; Gallery 1412 (Seattle), Friday 13 March 2009 (Gallery 1412)
Part 1: Butterfly (Lurie), Part 2: Monster Fingers (Asplund), Part 3: What Year (Asplund), Part 4: Der Nister, etc. (Lurie)
Improvisation: Asplund, Greg Campbell, Stuart Dempster, Amy Denio 11/15/08 Seattle
Improvisation 1: Christian Asplund, Greg Campbell, Jessica Lurie, Tobi Stone, 11/14/08, Seattle
Improvisation 2: Christian Asplund, Greg Campbell, Jessica Lurie, Tobi Stone, 11/14/08, Seattle
From RAIN (2004, rev. 2007). Diane Thueson-Reich, Soprano; Daniel Bailey, Clarinet; Claudine Bigelow, Viola; Larry Green, Guitar; Kristen Grimshaw, Piano. Texts by Lara Candland:
I. Rain, II. A Rhythmic Falling, III. Solitude IV. Fenestra
III. Solitude - Video
From POP-CH.AU concert, Vevey, Switzerland, 12 January 2008:
Anomalous 1-6 (An indeterminate “groove” piece)
Lumberjack Dream (a song heard in an actual dream, being sung by bearded lumberjacks in a lumberjack church)
Space Panther - Played by the BYU University Band, Darrell Brown, Director (3 April 2007)
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
Let it Spin (2007), I (Composer/performer: Christian Asplund),
Let it Spin, II
From Ruach 2 for Shakuhachi and Viola (Phil Gelb, Shakuhachi; Christian Asplund, Viola) (2006)
I , II , III, IV, V
Gathering. For any group of 3 or more orchestral string instruments. Version for string trio. Played by Stradivarius String Quartet, Salty Cricket Composers Collective Concert, 14 June 2008, Salt Lake Recital Hall (Peter Prier Violins).
I, II
Lament - for Matthew - Played by OrcheSperry, Christian Asplund on viola, Oakland, 4 June 2006
Sunset with Pink Pastoral, A Multimedia Opera (2005), performed by Seattle Experimental Opera/BYU Group for New Music, Seattle/Provo
Act I
1. Prelude, 2. At the Drive-In, 3. The Car/Horse Thing, 5. “So I’m, like…”, 7. The Map, 9. Do People Really Live Here?, 10. Earth Knower, 11. Knee Patch, 12. Ladies Trousers , 14. “There are social dimensions…”
Act II
15. Entr’act, 16. Reservation Rock, 18. “You shouldn’t cuss…”, 19. My Grandmother, the Salt Woman, 21. Interlude A, 22. The Middle 23. White Ghazal
Act III
27. Shepherd’s Song, 29. It Rains, 30. Changing Woman, 31. Interlude B, 32. Sand Song, 33. Taco Bell, 34. Interlude C, 35. A Web of Destinations, 36. Sand Reprise, 37. Son of Old Man Hat, 38. Sunset
Creation (2003) for Carillon (Neil Thornock, Carillon)
I. Proclamation, II. Emanation, III. Canon, IV. Design for Cosmos, V. Prayer
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
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 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
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
Preludes to What? (2001) for Piano
Played by Bonnie Hopper Jack:
Prelude 1 (”Due Do Dew”), Prelude 2, Prelude 3 (”Segneg”), Prelude 4
Preludes to What? played by Cecilia Hone:
Prelude 6 (”Crazy”), Prelude 7, Prelude 12 (”Gate”), Prelude 15 (”Streets”)
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
If you’d like to hear a mastered version of the whole thing, you can buy the CD at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/christianasplund4
Liquid Girls (2000), an Opera. Seattle Experimental Opera: Cynthia Dario, soprano; Alison Hopkins, soprano; Sue Neimoyer, mezzo soprano and piano; Mark France, Guitar; Dan Scollard, Bass; Greg Campbell, percussion; Doug Haire, recording; Troy Sales, mastering:
0.1 Overture , 0.2 Overture
1.1 Land, 1.2 Land, 1.3 Land, 1.4 Land, 1.5 Land, 1.6 Land, 1.7 Land
2.1 Water, 2.2 Water, 2.3 Water, 2.4 Water
3.1 King Duck, 3.2 King Duck, 3.3 King Duck
4.1 Pie House, 4.2 Pie House, 4.3 Pie House, 4.4 Pie House
5.1 “Strange…”, 5.2 “Strange…”, 5.3 “Strange…”, 5.4 “Strange…”
From 7 Pieces for Prepared Piano (2000):
1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Being 3 (1999) (performed by Greg Campbell and Christian Asplund without instruments)
Symphony #4 (Live). Played by Seattle Creative Orchestra. 1998.
Darkness and Estrangement (1998 - from Brainstun Book) rec. by Tom Baker Quartet, 2005
Anomalous 1-6. Played 29 May 1997 by an orchestra including Brent Arnold, Jessica Lurie, Craig Flory, Greg Campbell, Eyvind Kang, Tari Nelson-Zagar, Matthew Sperry, Christian Asplund. Recorded by David Nicholson, live at Anomalous Records, Seattle:
1 Anomalous 3, 2 Anomalous 1, 3 Anomalous 6, 4 Anomalous 5, 5 Anomalous 4, 6 Anomalous 2, 7 Anomalous 3
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
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
Remember Marquez? (1996) Performed by BYU Group for New Music (Steve Ricks, dir.)
The following cut(s) 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
The Open Curtain, a chamber opera (1995). Texts by Brian Evenson. Seattle Experimental Opera: Christian Asplund, vocals, harmonium, piano, viola; Greg Campbell, drums, vocals; Brian Evenson, vocals; Matthew Sperry, bass, vocals.
I Dived into the Hurricane, Dream of the Farm, The Seal
Pieces played by Aitsi (Robert Reigle, Ken Morrison, Maxim Mahoney-Flake, Christian Asplund) (1993-94):
Receive My Soul
Go With Me (1995) - Eyvind Kang, violin (23 February 1995, Seattle)
Crispois (1995) Marilyn Crispell, piano and Francois Houle, clarinet
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
Hope #1 (1990) played by Felicia Moye, Howard Lubin, Greg Sauer (Norman, OK, 2001)