Bright Codes, by Jacob Greenberg

Bright Codes

by Jacob Greenberg

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1.	Dai Fujikura: White Rainbow 11:02	buy track
2.	Dai Fujikura: Bright Codes, Code C 02:24	buy track
3.	Dai Fujikura: Bright Codes, Code B 04:02	buy track
4.	Dai Fujikura: Bright Codes, Code D 03:28	buy track
5.	Dai Fujikura: Bright Codes, Code A 03:38	buy track
6.	Tony Arnold, Jacob Greenberg - Amy Williams: Fünf Worte, I: Frühjahrsmüdigkeit 01:55	buy track
7.	Tony Arnold, Jacob Greenberg - Amy Williams: Fünf Worte, II: Fingerspitzengefühl 01:35	buy track
8.	Tony Arnold, Jacob Greenberg - Amy Williams: Fünf Worte, III: Verschlimmbessern 02:07	buy track
9.	Tony Arnold, Jacob Greenberg - Amy Williams: Fünf Worte, IV: Kuddelmuddel 01:04	buy track
10.	Tony Arnold, Jacob Greenberg - Amy Williams: Fünf Worte, V: Sehnsucht 02:31	buy track
11.	Amy Williams: Cineshape 4 12:16	buy track
12.	IONE, Jacob Greenberg - IONE: The Memory of Now 09:47	buy track
13.	Nathan Davis: Ghostlight 10:26	buy track
14.	Nathan Davis: Seedling 13:31	buy track

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All works written for Jacob Greenberg between 2013 and 2021.

The small portable variety of harmonium is a core element of Indian classical music, and is a modification of the large European instrument invented in the 1820s. The foot pedal bellows of the European model became a hand pump for the instrument that was imported to the Indian subcontinent; the internal brass reeds that receive air are the same in both versions. Two models of harmonium are used for this recording: a Delhi-style twin-reed instrument (male, bass) and a Kolkata-style triple-reed instrument (female, male, bass).

White Rainbow for harmonium
Bright Codes for piano

A white rainbow, also called a fogbow, is caused by the small droplets inside a cloud; these bows have only weak colors or are colorless.

The four quiet miniatures of Bright Codes—to be played in any order without pause—allowed me to go somewhere within myself I have not visited before.
—Dai Fujikura

Fünf Worte for harmonium and voice
Cineshape 4 for piano

Fünf Worte is a set of five intimate miniatures, each of which explores one—and only one—German word.

Cineshape 4 explores virtuosic perpetual movement and repetition. It is directly modeled on the structure and certain narrative elements of the film Run Lola Run (1998). Like the film, the piece starts in exactly the same way three times, but develops in starkly different ways.
—Amy Williams

The Memory of Now for harmonium with sonic vocals

The player or players are invited to listen to external and internal sounds without judgment, while allowing momentary states of being to flow freely.
—IONE

Ghostlight for lightly prepared piano
Seedling for harmonium and electronics

A ghostlight is a small, single bulb that shines on the dark stage when a theater is closed and unoccupied. In this piece, the piano’s preparation is with objects on or between the strings of certain notes to create microtonal beatings and gong-like sounds.

The sound of brass reeds freights the sonic baggage of pasts both real and imagined. Like stowaway seeds, the sturdy instruments that house them migrate with their hosts.
—Nathan Davis

credits

released November 19, 2021

Tony Arnold, soprano screecher.com
IONE, author and poet iodreams.us
Dai Fujikura, composer daifujikura.com
Amy Williams, composer amywilliamsmusic.com
Nathan Davis, composer nathandavis.com

Randy Ezratty and James Rosenfield provided essential funding for Dai Fujikura’s Bright Codes. Cineshape 4 was co-commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble for the 50th anniversary of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Seedling was commissioned by Winsome Brown and Claude Arpels in honor of Covell Dorn Brown, through the International Contemporary Ensemble’s First Page initiative. iceorg.org.

All works commissioned and initiated by Jacob Greenberg. Recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY, between January 2014 and August 2021. Steinway piano. Bhava harmonium (1, 6 – 10, 12, 14), Paul & Co. harmonium (12). olddelhimusic.com. Editions: Ricordi (Fujikura), Anderson Place Music (Williams), PoPandMoM Publications (IONE), Mytoeses Music (Davis). Produced by Jacob Greenberg. Recording Engineer, Session Producer: Ryan Streber, oktavenaudio.com. Digital Editing, Mixing, Mastering: Ryan Streber. Assistant Editor: Charles Mueller. Supplemental recording by Ralph Loza at Experimental Sound Studios, Chicago, IL, ess.org. Design: Jessica Slaven, jessicaslaven.com. This recording of Ghostlight first appeared on Starkland’s “On the Nature of Thingness” CD, ℗ Starkland. Special thanks to Hinda Greenberg, David Greenberg, Nic Dillon, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. This recording is for J. White. Please visit jacobgreenberg.net.

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Jacob Greenberg Berlin, Germany

Pianist Jacob Greenberg's work as a soloist and chamber musician has received worldwide acclaim. As a longtime member of the International Contemporary Ensemble, he has performed throughout the Americas and Europe. His solo concert series, Music at Close Range, shows his equal commitment to classics of the repertoire. Please visit jacobgreenberg.net. ... more

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