music for people, by andrew hamilton

music for people

by andrew hamilton

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1.	music for people who like art 19:46	info	buy track
2.	To The People: I 01:52	info	buy track
3.	To The People: II 00:26	info	buy track
4.	To The People: III 02:27	info	buy track
5.	To The People: IV 00:21	info	buy track
6.	To The People: V 02:00	info	buy track
7.	To The People: VI 03:10	info	buy track
8.	To The People: VII 00:35	info	buy track
9.	To The People: VIII 00:52	info	buy track
10.	To The People: IX 01:45	info	buy track
11.	To The People: X 01:05	info	buy track
12.	To The People: XI 01:57	info	buy track
13.	To The People: XII 02:10	info	buy track
14.	To The People: XIII 00:33	info	buy track
15.	To The People: XIV 06:12	info	buy track
16.	To The People: XV 01:57	info	buy track
17.	To The People: XVI 00:32	info	buy track
18.	To The People: XVII 02:11	info	buy track
19.	To The People: XVIII 02:24	info	buy track
20.	To The People: XIX 01:34	info	buy track
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about

Andrew Hamilton was born in Dublin in 1977 and studied in Ireland, England and The Netherlands with composers Kevin Volans, Anthony Gilbert and Louis Andriessen. His music has been described as post-minimalist, playful, unique and unpredictable - "I use a lot of repetition to create a state of unease, ambiguity, and sometimes joy, and also to laugh at the world" Hamilton explains.

In 'music for people who like art' (2010) for voice and ensemble, Hamilton sets text from American artist Ad Reinhardt's '25 Lines of Words on Art: Statement' (1958). The phrase 'ART IS ART' is continually repeated. As Liam Cagney points out in his liner notes, "we hear the phoneme ‘ART’ 601 times. We hear the phrase ‘ART IS ART’ 81 times [...] Repetitions proliferate and proliferate in a merrygo-round of micro-modifications. After a few minutes the words begin to feel self-referential, as if describing the work-in process. As the piece gambols towards a finale in A-flat major, equal parts triumphant and ludicrous, the voice’s exclamations take on the air of a statement always in the process of being made without ever in fact being made – a statement on art."

'To The People' for soprano and percussion is in 19 movements, lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes. It sets excerpts from French philosopher Jean Baudrillard's book America, and revolves around a simple melody that transfers, with subtle modifications, between voice and percussion.

'music for roger casement' (2006) is a quasi-chamber concerto for harmonium and gets its name from the Ulster-born diplomat who, after reporting on atrocities in the Congo and South America, was executed by the British for treason for seeking to aid Irish revolutionary efforts (in the course of which trial his then-illegal homosexual activity was aired). The Dutch-based Ives Ensemble, for which this piece was written, effortlessly take on the technical demands of this frenzied piece, which has a lasting impact.

"see if it doesn’t make you drop everything and listen to it all the way through" - AllMusic

Michelle O’Rourke (voice)
Crash Ensemble
Alan Pierson (conductor)
Juliet Fraser (soprano)
Maxime Echardour (percussion)

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released April 20, 2018

'music for people who like art' was recorded at Windmill Lane Recording Studios, Dublin on 21 September 2016
ADRIAN HART Recording Engineer & Producer

'To The People' was recorded at Snape Maltings on 1-2 July 2016
DAVID LEFEBER Recording Engineer & Producer

'music for roger casement' was recorded live by Stichting NTR at Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 29 November 2006
DICK LUCAS (Stichting NTR, Hilversum) Recording Technician

Released by NMC Recordings.

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