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Donald Bousted’s 19.5
Donald Bousted’s 19.5 for 19-division Trumpet and malletKAT has been described as a tour de force in 19-divisions-of-the-octave tuning. Written for long time collaborators of his, duo Contour, it begins with the recognisable materials (from the point of view of 12-EDO) and by the time the cycle finishes it is a poly-microtonal landscape. Now, two…
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Time Dreaming
from 22-24 March, the Microtonal Trumpet project returned to the north of England after a 15 year absence to present works from the RASP, TIME DREAMING and THE YASSER COLLECTION albums, and to give premiers by Richard Whalley and James Williamson- all for the 19-div trumpet! We are very happy to share the live (video)…
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Lud’s Church
Check out the video of the premier of Richard Whalley’s Lud’s Church from the North of England project at Manchester University at the end of March. There are ten virtual and one live 19-division trumpet. Richard writes: ‘Lud’s Church is a surprisingly deep chasm, hidden in the woodland of the Peak District in Staffordshire, England.…
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Microtonal Trumpet UK Premiers, March 2023
Stephen Altoft, 19-division trumpeter, will give the World Premier of Richard Whalley’s Lud’s Church UK Premier of Donald Bousted’s Time Dreaming in Manchester on 23rd March at the University of Manchester. He will also give the UK Premier of Antenna by Dong Zhou. Programme includes music by Stephen himself, Eleri Angharad Pound and Elizabeth Adams.…
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Melancholia
Melancholia’ (2018), a piece for two horns by Donald Bousted dedicated warmly to Michael Hugh Dixon, has been uploaded to the folder of Donald’s microtonal compositions on Dropbox (Microtonal Projects’ Resources Folder). Michael writes: Donald loved the films of Lars von Trier and gave this duet its title from the film of the same name.…
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Tributes to Donald
The Donald Bousted Edition has been founded in order to preserve his immense creative and artistic output. Follow our ‘Tributes to Donald’ YouTube series, on microtonal and non-microtonal flugelhorn.
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Resources Folder
Hello Everyone, I have added a new folder to the Microtonal Projects Resources Folder to host scores of Donald Bousted’s microtonal works. Scroll to the bottom here for details
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TIME DREAMING now on Bandcamp
Hello Everyone! Today is once again Bandcamp Friday, when all proceeds go to the artists! Bandcamp take no cut- it is their response to the pandemic. We are using this day to launch publicly the Bandcamp version of TIME DREAMING featuring Stephen Altoft on 19-division trumpet! Purchase here This album saw the debut recording of…
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A Journey Among Travellers
This epic microtonal journey undertaken by composer, Donald Bousted with the Bennetts-Bowman Recorder Duo, will be available from 7th March on digital platforms, such as iTunes/Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify. You can pre-order on Spotify here
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My Time is your Time: Quarter-tone Accordion
‘My Time is your Time’ for quarter-tone accordion by Donald Bousted will be PREMIERED by Lore Amenabar Larrañaga tomorrow at 5pm UK time, 7pm Helsinki time. Also there will be pieces by our friends, EUROMicroFest guest James Batty and David Gorton, a former UKMicroFest partner, are on the programme. Lore is Spanish, studied in Helsinki,…
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