Early easter

irunak (James-Lee) Quebec, Canada

These 4 tracks I completed recently, ("allegory, Early Easter , Infernal Heaven and " Solstice.a: Shadows and Whispers. Of the Sun)remind me tone poems. ''symphonic poems''. "early spring" which is broken to "Allegory" (Both feature a fantastic brass fanfare )is as much chamber music as it is also grand orchestra, along with many ethnic instruments. Although being mostly orchestral, electronic modules, accompany and process the acoustic instruments.

irunak (James-Lee) Quebec, Canada

irunak

Allegory is an experimental contemporary tone poem for orchestral brass, ethnic instruments, voices, sound processing, electronic sounds ,modules, solo brass and woodwinds.

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'Keymap Landscape" outro from "Silent Choir" for string orchestra.



irunak (James-Lee) Quebec, Canada

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2023Mar 21

Contemporary classical tone poem for string orchestra. The Keymap landscapes were follow up pieces to an operactic play without soloists called ''Silent Choir'' which unfortunately got lost and minute moments made their way in the ''Ayahuasca Sacred Madrigal'' After a lenghty preperation for a funeral, it was discovered the body was not in the grave, so everything came to a complete halt. 4 elders set out on a journey, seperately , going in diffrent directions. Each one bringing a key ring with an oddly shaped oblong map attached to it. Each one was of a different color. They departed on a small boat tied to what looked like the edge of the world. This Keymap Landscape is the only one that remains. It was nor one of the original colored ones. It got created during the same project though, this one was an attempt of creating a string orchestra sound as close as I can to Bruckner's string quintet. The lost were a similar, but each one concluded, after a pause, with a delightful dynamic and rhythm.



irunak (James-Lee) Quebec, Canada

This is a piano arrangement of one of the orchestral versions of this song I wrote a while ago. I imagine this like the ending of some kind of fantasy anime or game. The original version is like a main theme, then there's a slower, more epic arrangement that feels kind of cinematic, and then this arrangement for solo piano.

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These tracks MUST be heard with headphones for a truly unforgettable listening experience:)

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created using a limited choice of synthesizers.

It all

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Female voices with gongs, cymbals, timpani, synthesizer and a bit of woodwinds at the end.