list of works
Here follows a listing of my published compositions, other compositions and audio visual installations. As for some recordings I have been denied permission to post online, if you don’t find the recording of a piece here, I can send you one if I have it.
LIST OF WORKS
- ORCHESTRA
Áous, 1986 *
Trema, 1989
Fließend, 11 strings, 1992 **
Il ghiaccio, il calore, l’autunno, il tessuto, 1998
Fließend (b), 21 strings, 2003
Buffy Remix, orchestra remix of six songs by Buffy Sainte-Marie 2006 (1) [see details about commissioner on page 13]
Neil Remix, orchestra remix of six songs by Neil Young 2007 (1)
God is alive, magic is afoot, remix of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s song based on Leonard Cohen’s homonymous poem, 2007 (1)
Carr Remix, orchestra arrangements of seven songs by Veda Hille based on texts by Emily Carr, 2011 (2)
Il suono indaco, for orchestra, live video and live electronics, 2011 (2)
In ludere (il suono viola), for orchestra and conduction, 2014
six sound objects, chiasmus for large orchestra, conduction, clarinet and electronics, 2017
Tony Remix, string orchestra remixes for a new song cycle by Tony Wilson, 2018-19 (37)
- CHAMBER MUSIC (solo, small and large ensemble)
Nátel, 2 violins, 1985 **
Quartetto per archi, string quartet, 1985
…y rayada…, alto flute, bass flute, Eng. horn, clarinet, bass cl, bassoon, 3 violas, cello, double bass, 1985
Elséliar, harp, 1986
Rasgos, guitar, 1986
Onda, bass clarinet, vibraphone/marimba, 1987 *
Alate, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, vibraphone/marimba, 1987 **
Aire, flute (alto flute), 1987 *
Nid, 2 flutes, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 cellos, 2 double basses, 2 percussions, 1988 **
Äon, flute (piccolo), bass clarinet, cello, celesta, marimba, 1988 **
Ethuiá, violin, 1988
Nim, violin, cello, piano, 1988 **
Secondo Quartetto per archi, string quartet, 1989 *
…poi che del ver… , flute, harp, 1989 **
Trims, flute, violin, bass clarinet, piano, 1989 *
Alia, cello, 1990
Liànas, marimba, 1990 *
Max, baritone saxophone, piano, percussion, 1990
Al bianco cielo, cello, 1990
Ethuiá II, violin, 1991
Es soll alles schweben, flute (piccolo), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, 1991 * (3)
Ein Wort, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, double bass, 1991 **
Tāmas, four timpani, 1991 **
Tāmas II, amplified double bass, percussion, 1991 (4)
Se dell‘eterne idee, recorder, flute (alto flute), harp, 1992 **
Color temporis, amplified alto saxophone (also baritone), amplified prepared piano, 1992 **
Le temps comme temps, 2 oboes, English horn, live electronics, 1992 *
Ameyá II, flute, clarinet (bass clarinet), violin, cello, prepared piano, 1993
Nè il vento la luna, alto flute (bass flute), prepared piano, 1993
Integer valor, alto recorder (bass recorder), live electronics, 1993
Dragma, alto/bass recorder, French horn, trombone, 2 vl, viola, cello, double bass, live electronics, 1993
Biauté parfaite, bass recorder, contrabass recorder, live electronics, 1993
Early reflections, 2 electric guitars, 1994
Noise gate, amplified viola, live electronics 1994
Ethuiá IV, electric guitar, sampler, live electronics, 1994
Helmax, electric guitar, sampler, live electronics, 1994
Yombè, 3 Japanese percussions, audio tracks1995
CHFL, recorder, electric guitar, live electronics, 1995
Aura, contrabass recorder, electric guitar, 1996
Lalìt, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1998 (5)
Tāmas III, solo shamisen, 3 Japanese percussions, 1998
Miki, 13-string koto, sampler, live electronics, 1998
Ipsa Venus (nota polare La), guitar, violin, live electronics, 1999
Raw meat and butterflies, accordion, live electronics, 2000 (co-creation with Douglas Schmidt)
Early one morning, accordion, live electronics, 2000 (co-creation with Douglas Schmidt)
Shadow, accordion, live electronics, 2000 (co-creation with Douglas Schmidt)
When I get the shakes, accordion, live electronics, 2000 (co-creation with Douglas Schmidt)
Come inutile ornamento, clarinet, live electronics, 2001 (6)
…per essere fresco, violin, prepared piano, 2004
Un raggio • l’ombra e lo sguardo, clarinet (bass cl.), tpt, piano, 2 perc, vl, d. bass & live electronics, 2005
Il suono blu, cl, hrn, trp, piano, perc, 2 vl, viola, cello, double bass, live electronics, 2005
II suono verde, piccolo, bass cl, bsn, alto sax, tpt, tbn, tuba, 2 perc, spatialized in a resonant space, 2006
Mixtophonics, flute, cl, vl, cello, sampler, audiotracks, 2006
Ethuiá V, French horn, live electronics, 2006 (7)
Lalít II, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, circuit-bent toys, live mix, live electronics, 2006 (8)
Alia, cello and live electronics, (revision) 2007
Teatro dell’udito, fl, cl, vl, cello, piano percussion, live mix, live electronics, 2007
Teatro dell’udito III , bass clarinet, live electronics, 2008 (9)
Ethuiá VI , 2 sax, trp, vl, vla, db, el guit, sampler, drums, percussion, 2008 (10)
Teatro dell’udito IV, 2 sax, trp, tbn, db, el guit, perc, drums, Buddha Machines, live electronics, 2008 (11)
Teatro dell’udito VI (string quartet III), string quartet, live video, live electronics, 2008 (12)
Sil (teatro dell’udito VIII), violin, live electronics, 2009
Tilál (teatro dell’udito IX), cello, ensemble, live mix, video, live electronics, 2009
Teatro dell’udito XI/AS, percussion, live electronics, 2009
Maps and Shadows, large ensemble, conduction, co-creation and live electronics, 2010
Il tempo dei baleni (4F), flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2010 (13)
Teatro dell’udito XV JA/Mix, prepared ukulele, cello, live video, live electronics, 2010 (14)
Lalít III • tre pannelli con coda, alto flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, live electronics, 2012
TDU/Q, saxophone quartet, live mix, live electronics, 2012 (15)
Onyx • introduzione and tableaux, flute (alto flute), viola, harp and live electronics, 2014
ARS • ansia, rumore, sogno, tubax and live electronics, 2014 (16)
TDU XX, 2 flutes, bass clarinet, horn, piano, percussion, violin, vla, cello, double bass, live electronics, 2015
TDU XXI, alto flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, turntable & live electronics, 2016 (17)
ondas de sombra, cello, live electronics, 2020
TDU / UV, flute, sax, cello, piano and electronics (2021) (40)
Liminal Spaces…with and for Jocelyn, clarinet (Bass cl), violin, cello, piano, percussion & live electronics (2023)
- CHORAL
Besamìm, 6 female voices, flute (alto flute), clarinet, harp, cello, stones, 1990 *
Comme si, mixed choir, 1991
Fractio modi Tinctoris, 5 female voices and chamber orchestra, 1994 (18)
- VOCAL
Ameyá I, voice, cello, 1993
Aureolus, voice, electric guitar, live electronics, 1994 (19)
Sere, voice, sampler, live electronics, 1997
Äon, voice, drums, live electronics, 2005
- PIANO
Ethuiá III, 1988 *
Extensio modi, amplified prepared piano, live mix, live electronics, 1993 **
- ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC REMIX AND ARRANGEMENTS
Poligames I-II-III, live electronic remix and co-creation; electric guitar and recorder (Antonio Politano), 1992
Isole/Memoria, electronic remix, co-creation with Walter Zanetti, Spanish guitar, 1997-98
Fades, electronic remix of Walter Zanetti’s Spanish guitar improvisations, 1997-98
Miki, koto and electronics remix for Miki Maruta, 1998
Salonicco, electronic remix and granular synthesis for multichannel spatialization, 1997
Cammeo per Silvia, remix for violin, electric guitar, recorder and electronics, 1999
This Spring rmx, ensemble remix for Veda Hille’s homonymous song, 2010
LD, string arrangement in P:ANO’s album The Den, 2011
Lichenometry rmx, live electronics with circuit bent TI Speak & Math for Joost Rekveld’s Lichenometry project, 2010
I Heard it Before, remix for the album Re: Presence – Motion Remixed, 2011
After Pendulum, remix for the album Re: Presence – Motion Remixed, 2011
Circle, electronic remix for the album Re: Presence – Motion Remixed, 2011
Missing, electronic remix for the album Re: Presence – Motion Remixed, 2011
Here Now, electronic remix for the album Re: Presence – Motion Remixed, 2011
The Nautical Almanac part 2, audio and video remix based on Martin Bartlett’s Nautical Almanac, 2014
Both Hands rmx, orchestration of Ani DiFranco’s homonymous song for the Queer Songbook Orchestra, 2014
- ELECTROACOUSTIC
Already fading, sampler, live electronics, 1997
And yet know I how Heather looks, sampler, live electronics, 1997
A daisy and a rose, guitar, sampler, percussion, live electronics, 1999 – it may be performed separately:
- Yet stars are not so pure as their spheres are,
- A land not mine still forever memorable, 3. Blazing in gold
Il Piacere dell‘incertezza, 2 soundscape CDs, 1999 (20)
Fantasie – böwörötääzääöööüïshh, circuit-bent toys, live electronics, video and 8-channel diffusion, 2003
Omaggio a Varése (teatro dell’udito X), live remix, live electronics and 8-channel diffusion, 2009
- MUSIC FOR DANCE
Nimue, sampler and live electronics, co-creation with the dance trio Nimue (Italy), 1999
Tao, electronic music for Wen Wei Dance, 2004
One man’s, electronic music for Wen Wei Dance, 2005
Unbound, electronic music for Wen Wei Dance, 2006
Three sixty five, 2 record players, live electronics and cello (Peggy Lee) for Wen Wei Dance, 2007
Cock-pit, electronic music for Wen Wei Dance, 2009
Under the skin, electronic music for Wen Wei Dance, 2010
7th Sense, electronic music for Wen Wei Dance, 2013
Inner Sublimity, electronic music for Chimerik 似不像 (Sammy Chien & Caroline MacCaull), 2024
- MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE
Lo vedi come sono in ansia (text by Luigi Gozzi), 2 actors, clarinet, vl, piano, perc, birdcalls, 1992
MU, piano, live electronics, with video by David Murphy and Hans Samuelson, 1998
Vanilla die scream, amplified bass clarinet, cello, prepared piano, live electronics and video, 2001
Aila, dancer, clarinet (bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, percussion, live electronics, 2002 (21)
Insidie cromatiche, sax, 2 tpt, drums, el. guitars, piano, vl, vc, db, video & electronics 2004 (22)
Nature ecstasy, clarinet, harp, 2 horns, 2 trumpet and live electronics. Music for the silent video Nature Ecstasy by Suddenly Dance Theatre, 2006 (23)
aBK (teatro dell’udito XIV), violin, video, live electronics, 2010
Quid (with the Titanic and Cage in the background), fl, bass cl, horn, vla, cello, db, perc, live video, live electronics, 2012
We no longer…, sax, trumpet, 2 tbn, vl, el. guitar, keys, bass, drum, 2 voices, electronics, 2012
TDU HRO (le feu et l’artifice), 4 trp, 4tbn, 4 sax, vl, el. guitar, piano, bass, drums, perc, electronics, 2013 (24)
VNM Panorama, variable large ensemble, live video, live electronics in a spatialized setting, 2013
TDU / IDA, baritone sax, live electronics, live video, 2013 (25)
Deux Tableaux for Silvia, violin, electronics and 16 red cedar flat panel resonators, 2017
Lied • TDU / FS, flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, electronics and video, 2017 (35)
TDU / MH, cello, 16 Red Cedar & Pacific Maple flat audio resonators, electronics and oscillographic video, 2018 (36)
Personum • Hidden Song, dancer, interactive audio system and multichannel diffusion, in progress (41)
- SOUND INSTALLATIONS & INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK
Personum, Sound installation for an interactive performance space using 20 circuit-bent talking toys, video and multichannel (24 Ch.) spatialization, 2006; Scotiabank Dance Centre – Vancouver, BC (26)
Teatro dell’udito V, Audiovisual installation and performance for sound waves and dual channel cathode ray oscilloscope; 2008-2009; Surrey Art Gallery – Surrey, BC (27)
Butterflies (teatro dell’udito VII), Audiovisual installation for sound waves and dual channel cathode ray oscilloscope, 2009; Zero to One Studios – Kitchener, ON (28)
Heather Remix, Audiovisual installation and performance for live audio and live video painting remix, 2009; Sunshine Coast Art Council – Sechelt, BC
Sine Waves, Live audio & video improvisation, March 24, 2011; Crescent Fort Rouge United Church – Winnipeg, MB
TDU/CIRS, String quartet, spatialized electronic ensemble, any number of people, live interactive video and live electronics in a large sonorous space, 2012; Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability UBC – Vancouver, BC (29)
The sinking of the Titanic, Live visuals for the Aventa Ensemble’s performance of newly composed works by Jordan Noble, Jennifer Butler and Giorgio Magnanensi, December 4, 2012; Vancouver Aquatic Centre – Vancouver, BC
Maps & Shadow, Audiovisual installation on and about the Sechelt Gravel Pit, Sept. 2013; Sechelt Arts Festival, Seaside Centre – Sechelt, BC (30)
Soundgarden 01, A nocturnal audiovisual installation in collaboration with Nicolas Teichrob. An interactive performance and outdoor environment using multiple video projection mappings, interactive video painting and live electronics, Lower reaches of Malcolm Creek – Roberts Creek, BC, July 2015 (31)
Cycles and Rings, Audiovisual installation for 2 cedar flat panel audio resonators, large cedar round and spectrographic sonification, duration: ad lib, 2015; Sechelt Arts Festival, Seaside Centre – Sechelt, BC (32)
Pixelsorting KJ , Video processing and image pixel-sorting process of Kedrick James’ digital collages – Lakehead University, Virtual Gallery (Juried Exhibition), 2015; Lakehead University – Thunder Bay, ON
Soundgarden 02, Audiovisual installation with Nicolas Teichrob; Lower reaches of Malcolm Creek – Roberts Creek, BC, July 2016 (33)
il Gaudagnini, Sound sculpture (maple flat audio resonator), 2017 Doris Crowston Gallery, Sunshine Coast Art Council – Sechelt, BC
Sound Crystals / -H, A microsonic environment for variable sound clouds, 1 red cedar flat audio resonator, 6 maple flat audio resonators and oscillographic video. LOoW, ECUAD – Vancouver, January/February 2018
West Coast Radians, Sound installation/performance space for 16 custom-made cedar and maple flat panel audio resonators in a large sonorous space, 2018; UBC Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) Vancouver, March 4-10, 2018 (34)
Soundgarden 03, Audiovisual installation with Nicolas Teichrob; Tofino Botanical Gardens – Tofino BC, August 2018
Still Life Continuum, 16-channel audio installation, Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC December 11, 2018
MAGIK, Audiovisual installations/performances with Kenton Loewen (drums), Marina Hasselberg (cello), Nicolas Teichrob (visuals), multichannel diffusion and live electronics, 2018 – 2020 (38)
West Coast Radians, 8-channel sound installation at the International Environmental Communication Association’s Conference on Communication and Environment (COCE) – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 17-21, 2019
Very Glitchy Patch, AUDIOSPHERE: Social Experimental Audio, Pre- and Post-Internet Audio Exhibition (Francisco Lopez Curator) – Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (Spain), May 26-September 14, 2020
Risonanze (Soundgarden 04), Audiovisual installation with Nicolas Teichrob; Tofino Botanical Gardens – Tofino BC,Summer 2021 (39)
Ask the Mountains, Audiovisual installation/exhibition with Sylvie Ringer and Jenni Schine; Campbell River Art Gallery – Campbell River BC, Spring 2022
Homage to Chris Rolfe, Multichannel installation/performance to honor the work and ideas of musician and sound engineer Chris Rolfe, July 17-19, 2023 (42)
Branching Song, Collaborative art project/installation that draws attention to trees and forests in the Westcoast region, Summer 2023; Doris Crowston Gallery, Sunshine Coast Art Council – Sechelt, BC
Arboreal Resonance, 8 channel audio installation, July, 2024 – Tuwanek Springs Forest, BC (43)
- CIRCUITBENDING / GLITCH ART / SONIFICATION / VISUALIZATION
Personum, 40 custom circuit-bent talking toys, FM radios, and electronic circuits used in live performances, compositions, improvisations and sound installations. 2002 – Ongoing
Oscilloscope Fun, A series of sound objects and sound sculptures composed within Max/MSP & NI Reaktor software to be broadcasted on multiple digital and analogic Dual-Channel Oscilloscopes, 2010 – Ongoing
Spunspectra, A series of 15 sonifications and spectrographic videos of hi-resolution spun spectraphotographs by Nicolas Teichrob, 2015–2016
- MUSIC COMPOSITION PUBLISHERS
*) Suvini & Zerboni, Milano – Italy
**) Ricordi, Milano – Italy
- COMMISSIONED WORKS and GRANTS
- CBC Radio Orchestra – Vancouver, Canada
- Victoria Symphony Orchestra – Victoria, Canada
- Österreichisches Ensemble Für Neue Musik – Salzburg, Austria
- City of Bologna – Bologna, Italy
- Continuum Ensemble – Toronto Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- François Houle (Clarinet) – Vancouver, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- Aventa Ensemble – Victoria, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- Continuum Ensemble – Toronto, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- Lori Freedman (Bass Clarinet) – Montréal, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- Ensemble SuperMusique – Montréal, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- NOW Orchestra – Vancouver, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- Penderecki String Quartet – Kitchener, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- MDI Ensemble – Milano, Italy
- James Hill (Ukulele) – Nova Scotia, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- Quasar Saxophone Quartet – Montréal, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- David Brutti (Tubax) – Italy (Canada Council Commission)
- Aventa Ensemble – Victoria, Canada
- Tearo Comunale – Bologna, Italy
- Roma Europa Festival – Roma, Italy
- Benevento Cittá Spettacolo – Benevento, Italy
- Standing Wave Ensemble – Vancouver, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- Hard Rubber Orchestra – Vancouver, Canada (Rio Tinto Alcan Award)
- Suddenly Dance Theatre – Victoria, Canada
- Hard Rubber Orchestra – Vancouver, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- Ida Toninato (Baritone Sax) – Montréal, Canada (Canada Council Commission)
- New Media Creation Production Grant [with Chris Rolfe] (Canada Council)
- Sechelt Arts Festival – Sechelt, Canada
- Open Ear Festival – Kitchener, Canada
- UBC Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) – Vancouver, Canada
- Sechelt Arts Festival – Sechelt, Canada
- New Media Project Grant (British Columbia Art Council)
- Sechelt Arts Festival – Sechelt, Canada
- New Media Project Grant [with Nicolas Teichrob] (British Columbia Art Council)
- New Media Project Grant (British Columbia Art Council)
- Aventa Ensemble – Victoria, Canada
- Explore and Create Grant (Canada Council)
- Explore and Create Grant [with Tony Wilson] (Canada Council)
- Explore and Create Grant (Canada Council)
- Explore and Create Grant [with Nicolas Teichrob] (Canada Council)
- UltraViolet Ensemble – Edmonton, Canada (Canada Council)
- Explore and Create Grant [with Josh Martin] (Canada Council)
- Explore and Create Grant (Canada Council)
- Explore and Create Grant (Canada Council
download Giorgio Magnanensi’s CV