ANC'L'SUNR

ANC’L’SUNR for symphony orchestra and surround sound was commissioned by the Polish Composers’ Union for the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and was premiered at the  W.Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw on February 24, 2013.

The piece has two major components: the electronic layer realized in full surround (Ambisonics) and the orchestral part, derived from that pre-composed soundscape.

The electronic layer utilizes some of my Ambisonic recordings from the Dan Harpole Cistern at Fort Worden State Park, Washington State (USA), a unique space characterized by a 45-second reverberation time.  It also includes several outdoors recordings from the Eastern Washington desert and along the Columbia River. These recordings were realized with two of my closest friends and collaborators - Josiah Boothby (horn), and Anna Niedźwiedź (soprano), both of them have been my inspiration for many years.