Love Each Trait is a piece about the contemplative observation of the world unfolding around you and the wonderment that is felt in its mysterious beauty; quietly taking stock of all of its knowns and its unknowns. Even the moments in our experience that may initially inspire fear further serve to make the magnificence of our world’s entirety even greater.
Timbres used (in order of appearance) :
A synthesized texture that is reminiscent of the sound of distant voices carried on the wind, Sampled voice, Processed Electric Guitar, Sub-bass tones.
Anachronism Remix - Kyle Hovatter
Days Will Come (Excerpt) - Joseph M. Colombo
This is an excerpt from a 2:45:00 long work, commissioned by Kyle Hovatter for his daughter Alice.
timbres (used in this excerpt): oscillating metal strings, nymph tears
Velvet Shoes - Kyle Hovatter
ukulele, field recording + processing
lyrics
Velvet Shoes by Elinor WylieLet us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow,
At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.I shall go shod in silk,
And you in wool,
White as white cow’s milk,
More beautiful
Than the breast of a gull.We shall walk through the still town
In a windless peace;
We shall step upon white down,
Upon silver fleece,
Upon softer than these.We shall walk in velvet shoes:
Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
On white silence below.
We shall walk in the snow.
Go Bug (Got You)
The piece is about curiosity and playfulness through time, location, age, and culture. It starts small and gets progressively more layered as the child’s imagination grows increasingly larger and more elaborate.
The crickets are from Vermont.
The child and his grandpa talking in Spanish and dancing are from Malaga, Spain. I ran into this kid at a public park with an open bell floor and he was making stuff up. I kind of excerpted things here and there to make a piece I liked.
The rain and soft thunder is from Rome.
The church bells are in Rome.
The fountain and owls/birds at the end are from Florence, I believe.
The bell in the quiet part is from an open air market in Thailand.
Whether the Liles (Remix of Danny Clay) - Kyle Hovatter
Danny Clay original, added field recordings + processingA remix of my friend and great composer’s piece “whether the lilies are white in the garden, or there is snow on the ground”. Not wanting to alter Danny Clay’s sound world too greatly, this remix is a different viewer’s perspective of the same events.Danny Clay’s Original:
dannyclay.bandcamp.com/track/whether-the-lilies-are-white-in-the-garden-or-there-is-snow-on-the-groundFrom Above - David Gottlieb
scored for Irish Flute, Tenor Overtone Flute, Shiva’s Whistle, Shepherd’s Pipe, Gemshorn, and Bass Flute.
Communion Music Around A - Kyle Hovatter
A notated improvisation realized with the help of Matthias McIntire and Danny Clay
www.matthiasmcintire.com
dclaymusic.com/home.htmlRecorded Live at Zion Lutheran Church in San Francisco
September 15, 2013Matthias McIntire, viola
Danny Clay, piano
Kyle Hovatter, piano
Room Piece (Nocturne) - Danny Clay
Processed piano and vinyl on fixed media
Fall 2014
San Francisco, CA
Till, With the Vision Glorious, Her Longing Eyes Are Blest - Hovatter
two pianos, viola, field recording + processing
Danny Clay + Kyle Hovatter, pianos; Luis Escareño, viola
This set of organ solos was written for Zion San Francisco’s 2015 Lent Services. The hymn “Lord, Throughout These Forty Days” (Lutheran Service Book 418) was chosen as the recurring theme for the Wednesday evening Lenten services with these seven fragments used as preludes or postludes.
