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    <copyright>Copyright 2005 Brian Kane</copyright>
    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:19:07 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[This is an semi-improvised piece for piano, guitar, accordion, violin, cello and live electronics, conducted by stopwatch. The players follow a score which determines playing technique, general duration, and manner of entering/exiting. The electronics are mixed live, and were programmed in Max/MSP. <br><br>The Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players<br>
Jason Levis, piano<br>
Marie Abe, accordion<br>
Brian Kane, guitar<br>
Leighton Fong, cello<br>
Graeme Jennings, violin<br>
John MacCallum, live electronics<br><br>

Recorded live at Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, April 3, 2006.<br><br> 

<a href="http://www.browsebriankane.com/My_Homepage_Files/neither.htm">Read the Program Note</a> or visit <a href="http://www.browsebriankane.com/">www.browsebriankane.com</a>.<br><br><a href="http://www.browsebriankane.com/My_Homepage_Files/Page1.html"><img src="http://www.browsebriankane.com/images/compositions.jpg" height="100" width="100" padding: 5px align="left" /></a>]]></description>
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      <title>Clarinet Quintet</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Clarinet Quintet (2002-2003) <br><br>Winner, De Lorenzo Prize in Music Composition.<br><br>This is a three movement work for clarinet and string quartet, approx. 22 minutes in length. The piece is based on the writings of three Greek philosophers: Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Epicurus. <br><br>The Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players <br><br>Peter Josheff, clarinet <br>
Karen Shinozaki, Cary Koh, violins <br>
Darcy Rindt, viola <br>
Leighton Fong, cello <br>
David Milnes, conductor <br><br>Recorded Live at the International House, Nov. 22nd, 2003.<a href="http://browsebriankane.com/My_Homepage_Files/ClarinetQuintet.htm">Read the Program Note</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Piano Sonata</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Piano Sonata (1999) <br><br>A three movement sonata for piano. The piece integrates a series of compositional techniques into a large multi-movement work. <br><br>Hadley McCarroll, piano<br>Recorded live at Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, Dec. 6th, 2000 <br><br><a href="http://browsebriankane.com/My_Homepage_Files/SonataforPiano.htm">Read the Program Note</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Three Sonnets of George Santayana</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three Sonnets of George Santayana (2001) <br><br>Winner, De Lorenzo Prize in Music Composition <br><br>A short song cycle for soprano, piano, clarinet and cello. The songs are composed on three ecphrastic sonnets: the first a description of a tapestry, the second a cathedral, and the third a statue of Achilles. The settings attempt to embody Santayana's startling naturalism. <br><br>Karen Hall, soprano <br>Marika Hughes, cello <br>Matt Ingalls, clarinet <br>Hadley McCarroll, piano <br><br>Recorded live at Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, May 2nd, 2001 <br><br><a href="http://browsebriankane.com/My_Homepage_Files/ThreeSonnetsofGeorgeSantayana.htm">Read the Program Note</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Measure is the Heaven of Desire</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This work for solo violin was inspired by the work of artist David Rabinowitch and is fondly dedicated to him. <br><br>David Ryther, Violin <br>Recorded live at the Berkeley Arts Center, Nov. 9th, 2003 <br><br><a href="http://browsebriankane.com/My_Homepage_Files/MeasureistheHeavenofDesire.htm">Read the Program Note</a>
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      <title>Nocturne</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This is an electronic work in which all the sounds are computer generated. It is tightly constructed using a limited repertoire of sounds, all of which are modeled on inharmonic spectra. <br><br>This piece was realized on my home computer in Berkeley, using MAX/MSP, AudioSculpt and ProTools.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Melodrama, nach Beethoven (2003) <br><br>This is an electronic work based on Beethoven's Melodram for Glass Harmonica and Reciter. The piece uses a wide variety of electronic music techniques to create an unusual musical narrative. <br><br>The piece was realized on my home computer in Berkeley, using MAX/MSP, Audio Sculpt, Open Music and ProTools.]]></description>
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      <title>Figura</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This is a brand new piece for solo piano, approx. 10 minutes in length. Three kinds of musical material are developing simultaneously, and begin to interact in surprising ways. It is my first foray into computer aided composition; much of the material was generated with OpenMusic, and developed intuitively. <br><br>Michael Seth Orland, Piano <br>Recorded live at Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, April 25, 2005 <br><br><a href="http://browsebriankane.com/My_Homepage_Files/documents/figura_program_note.htm">Read the Program Note</a>]]></description>
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