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SPLENDOR FALLS ON EVERYTHING AROUND

by Realtree

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Splendor Falls on Everything Around is the first release by the ensemble Realtree, a quintet made up of cello, clarinet, cornet, guitar and laptop. The culmination of Noah Ophoven-Baldwin’s work with Realtree thus far, Splendor Falls incorporates his compositional focus on stillness and silence, as well as the unique improvisational language developed by the band.

The compositions are timer-based miniatures that are derivations of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (a work held dear in the composer’s heart since he was young). They are collections of sounds, moments, and actions balanced on a thin string of seconds like trinkets on your shelf, little gifts and surprises, where the collecting dust is tenderly inspected, maybe to be wiped away with a damp rag in the days to come. The written material gives way to mixed ensemble improvisations, made with reciprocal ears and a lazy glance towards the clock (forever naming the next second), winnowing uncanny textures and vibrations out of the air. Interspersed throughout the album are field recordings, made in the woods of the South Shore of Lake Superior where most of the piece was written in isolation, or in Minneapolis, where the ensemble recorded the music together. The recordings provide a structural framework by splitting Splendor Falls into two parts: A polyphonic core piece, and an appendix of monophonic works for duos and trios.

credits

released October 10, 2020

Realtree is:
Carley Olson Kokal - Bb Clarinet
Michelle Kinney - Cello
Patrick Marschke - Laptop
Noah Ophoven-Baldwin - Cornet
Adam Zahller - Guitar

All compositions by Noah Ophoven-Baldwin
Recorded, mixed by Patrick Marschke
Photos by Danny Epstein

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Experimental music label started in Decorah, Iowa in 1997 and currently based in San Francisco.

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