Joseph Franklin: The Horror of the Avant-Garde(s)

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Label
New Focus Recordings
Release Date
June 5, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Joseph Franklin
    • PERFORMER
      Marc Hannaford, Satoshi Takeishi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 05, 2026
    • UPC
      613527191979
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FCR451
    • LABEL
      New Focus Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Contemporary Era
    Works ⌄

    1. I. elasticity

      Composer: Joseph Franklin

      Performer: Marc Hannaford, Satoshi Takeishi, Laila Engle, Luke Carbon, Jasper Ly, Callum G'Froerer, Benjamin Anderson, Sophia Kirsanova, Phoebe Green, Anna Pokorny, Joseph Franklin, Melina van Leeuwen, Louise Devenish

      Conductor: Elliott Gyger

    2. II. the stickiness of time

      Composer: Joseph Franklin

      Performer: Marc Hannaford, Satoshi Takeishi, Laila Engle, Luke Carbon, Jasper Ly, Callum G'Froerer, Benjamin Anderson, Sophia Kirsanova, Phoebe Green, Anna Pokorny, Joseph Franklin, Melina van Leeuwen, Louise Devenish

      Conductor: Elliott Gyger

    3. III. figures of refined excess

      Composer: Joseph Franklin

      Performer: Marc Hannaford, Satoshi Takeishi, Laila Engle, Luke Carbon, Jasper Ly, Callum G'Froerer, Benjamin Anderson, Sophia Kirsanova, Phoebe Green, Anna Pokorny, Joseph Franklin, Melina van Leeuwen, Louise Devenish

      Conductor: Elliott Gyger


Australian composer Joseph Franklin's The Horror of the Avant-Garde(s) is a concerto for piano (Mark Hannaford) and percussion (Satoshi Takeishi) soloists and 13 players that far exceeds the expectations of the genre. Integrating several modes of improvisation within a fully structured framework and a polystylistic musical language, the work was premiered in Melbourne in an interdisciplinary presentation, incorporating butoh dance theatre, visual art, and culinary "horrors." Franklin has created a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk for our collage-shaped era, and this release celebrates it's US premiere in 2026.