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Video releases of my compositions
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Zaum Box, seriers of ten videos with performances by Katelyn King (2016) |
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The Toy Robot's Mechanical Heart, performed by the Passepartout Duo (2017) |
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Compact discs of my compositions
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Aeneas in the Underworld, by Christopher Adler (MicroFest Records, 2023)
Colin McAllister, guitar, and ensemble |
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City Lights and Other Stories, compositions by Christopher Adler (Liber Pulveris Recordings, 2019)
Christopher Adler, piano |
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Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze, compositions by Christopher Adler Duo (innova recordings, 2008) |
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Epilogue for a Dark Day, compositions by Christopher Adler (Tzadik, 2004) |
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Recordings including my compositions
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Toy. Toy. Toy. by Stacey Barelos (2023)
Including The Toy Robot's Mechanical Heart |
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Landscape Traces: New music for khaen, volume two, by Christopher Adler (Liber Pulveris, 2023)
Including Cowries, The Serpent's Dance (with Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin), and Tashi Delek,
and works by Jinhee Han, David Loeb, Peter Hager and Kevin Leomo |
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Polar Sounds (Cities and Memory, 2023)
Includes Sirens of the Pack Ice, for khaen and undersea soundscape |
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Pines Long Slept in Sunshine(Liber Pulveris, 2022)
Single performed by Nief-Norf |
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Metamorphoses, by Tasha Smith Godinez (Centaur Records, 2022)
including Diomedea, for khaen and harp
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Contemporary Eclectic Music for the Piano, vol. 19, performed by Jeffrey Jacob (New Ariel Recordings, 2021)
including City Lights 1, Blues Nocturne, Air, and Chaetura from City Lights and Other Stories
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Triangulations: New music for khaen volume one, by Christopher Adler (Liber Pulveris, 2020)
including Telemetary Lock and Five Cycles, and works by Yu Kuwabara, Sidney Marquez Boquiren, Vera Ivanona, Jeff Herriott, Christopher Burns, and David Loeb
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Planetary Candidate, by Michi Wiancko (New Amsterdam, 2020)
including 010 machine states, for flute
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Shine, by Lisa Cella and Stephen Bradley (Chen Li Music, 2018)
including 010 machine states, for flute
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Symmetry | Reflection, by Novus Percutere (2015)
including Nongak, for percussion duo
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Music for a New Century, by Sarah Plum (Blue Griffin, 2015)
including Violin Concerto
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This Place / Our Body, by Morris Palter (double LP on Blue Leaf Records, 2013)
including Plenum Vortices |
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The Gaia Theory, by Omar Carmenates (Rattle Records, 2012)
including Once, in a Grove of Tamarisk |
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My performances of works by other composers
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Nathan Hubbard, necessary downturn (compositions 2009-2020) (2023)
with Christopher Adler, piano |
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Austin Wintory and Susie Benchasil Seiter, Thai Cave Rescue original sound track (2022)
with Christopher Adler, various Thai instruments |
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David Loeb, World Winds II (Centaur Records, 2022)
with Christopher Adler, khaen, performing An Ancient Harbor and A Garden to Linger In |
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David Loeb, World Winds (Centaur Records, 2020)
with Christopher Adler, khaen, performing Karin: A Forest of Verses |
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Full Circle: NOISE Plays the Music of Stuart Saunders Smith (Centaur Records, 2017)
with Christopher Adler, piano |
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Travelogue: Music of David Loeb (Centaur Records, 2017)
with Christopher Adler, khaen, performing The Maltese Plaza in Fog |
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aires, by Juan Campoverde Q. (Liber Pulveris Recordings, 2014)
Christopher Adler, piano |
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NOISE Plays Burtner, by Matthew Burtner and NOISE (innova recordings, 2013)
with Christopher Adler, piano |
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Derek Keller, Impositions and Consequences (Tzadik TZ 8032, 2007)
with Christopher Adler, piano and mellotron |
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David Loeb, A Forest of Verses (Vienna Modern Masters VMM2054, 2009)
with Christopher Adler playing Karin: A Forest of Verses, for solo khaen, and Three Friends of Winter, for khaen and ensemble, with NOISE |
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David Loeb, The Silent Waterfall (Vienna Modern Masters VMM2048, 2007)
with Christopher Adler playing Kawagiri: Rivermist in Summer for solo khaen |
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Nathan Hubbard, (compositions 1998-2005) (Circumvention Records CS-121, 2006)
with Christopher Adler on piano and khaen |
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Nathan Hubbard, Skeleton Key Orchestra (Circumvention Records 039A-B, 2003)
with Christopher Adler on piano and conducting |
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Improvisations
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Ur, by Gunther's Grass (Titicacaman Records, 2022) |
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Bastille Day and Other Lullabies, by Gunther's Grass (Titicacaman Records, 2017) |
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Midnight Sessions, by the Christopher Adler Trio (Liber Pulveris Recordings, 2015) |
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Never in the Future that Dawned Earlier On, by Gunther's Grass (Titicacaman Records, 2013)
with Marcelo Radulovich, Christopher Adler, Scott Walton, Charles Curtis and Marcos Fernandes |
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Mineralia, by the Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler Duo (pfMENTUM, 2006) |
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Transcontinental, by the Christopher Adler Trio (Nine Winds, 2002) |
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Solo khaen improvisation aboard the ArtShip (Artship Recordings, 2002) |
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Live in Los Angeles, by the Christopher Adler Trio (2001) |
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Pleistocene, by the Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler Duo (2000) |
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Improvisations appearing on selected tracks or compilations
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Hu Jianbing's Sky, sheng improvisations by Hu Jianbing (Traditional Crossroads, 2013)
with Christopher Adler, piano, on Soul Mountain |
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Rubble 2, a compilation by the Trummerflora Collective (Accretions, 2006)
with Gunther's Grass (Marcelo Radulovich, hurdy-gurdy and Christopher Adler, khaen) |
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Listening room:
compositions
for on-line recordings of my compositions, see the links to individal on the Compositions page or visit my Youtube Playlist
improvisations
Jie Ma / Christopher Adler
Video from a house concert, October 24, 2020
Christopher Adler / Scott Walton / Nathan Hubbard
Video from January 17, 2013, University of San Diego
Gunther's Grass (duo with Marcelo Radulovich)
Video of Yourself Presents performance
additional audio examples on the Gunther's Grass myspace page
the Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler Duo
Alan Lechusza, woodwinds, Christopher Adler, piano
Schorl, from Mineralia (complete 4:08) listen courtesy of pfMENTUM Records
the Christopher Adler Trio
Alan Lechusza, woodwinds, Christopher Adler, piano, Vikas Srivastava, drums
excerpts from Transcontinental, available from CDBaby
performances
Youtube Playlist of khaen performances | Youtube Playlist of piano performances
Multiplicity, by Adam Greene
Christopher Adler, piano
watch the video
Harawi, by Olivier Messiaen
with Stephanie Aston, soprano and Christopher Adler, piano, in live performance at the Universty of San Diego, April 24, 2015
watch the video playlist on youtube
The Ray and Its Shadow, by James Erber
with Lisa Cella, flute, Robert Zelickman, clarinet, Franklin Cox, cello, Christopher Adler, piano, and Colin McAllister, conductor
world premiere of revised version, performed at the 2015 soundON Festival of Modern Music, La Jolla, CA
listen on SoundCloud
Ashley, Christopher, Andy, by Nicholas Deyoe
with Ashley Walters, cello, Andy Bliss, percussion, and Christopher Adler, piano, in live performance at Northern Illinois University, Nov. 5, 2014
watch the video
Patterns in Wide Space, by Jeff Herriott
Christopher Adler, khaen, with electronics
Listen on the composer's website | Jeff's website
Emering from the Deep Mist, by David Loeb
Christopher Adler khaen
watch the video
Where Was I?, by Evan Ziporyn
with Ashley Walters, cello, Andy Bliss, percussion, and Christopher Adler, piano, in live performance at Northern Illinois University, Nov. 5, 2014
video mv. 1 | mv. 2 | mv. 3
angel music, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
Christopher Adler, khaen, in live performances at the soundON Festival of Modern Music, June 16, 2007, and Adelphi University, March 12, 2011
listen on Instant Encore | video
windwork, by Christopher Burns
Christopher Adler, piano, in live performance at the soundON Festival of Modern Music, June 19, 2008
watch the video on youtube
Inchino, by Claus-steffen Mahnkopf
Performed by NOISE (Colin McAllister, guitar, Morris Palter, percussion, Christopher Adler, piano)
at the soundON Festival of Modern Music, 2010
Listen on the composer's website
Stems, by Alex Mincek
Christopher Adler, piano, performed at the University of San Diego, 2008
listen on the composer's website
Babaylan, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
NOISE, with Christopher Adler, khaen, Lisa Cella, flute and Franklin Cox, cello, at Adlephi University, March 12, 2011
listen on Instant Encore
Misang Walang Salita, by Sidney Marquez Boquiren
with Christopher Adler and Sidney Marquez Boquiren, piano, and H. James Harkins, electronics
listen on Instant Encore
Working Group for Mathematics and Music
compositions and performances by Steve Gisby, Tom Johnson, Michael Winter, Christopher Adler, Samuel Vriezen and Brian Parks
University of Lille, concert video
Best Served Cold, by David Lipten
Christopher Adler, piano, in live performance at the University of San Diego, 2004
listen
Now is Your Only Chance, by H. James Harkins
Christopher Adler, piano, H. James Harkins, computer, in live performance at the University of Pennsylvania, 2004
listen (8:36), courtesy of H. James Harkins
Northeast Thai repertoire / khaen
Lai Sootsanaen
improvisation in a Northeast Thai style
watch
Phuthai
improvisation in a Lao style
watch
"Toei" suite
with the Ostrich Ensemble (Supeena Insee Adler, saw oo, and Tantikorn Khmasopa, phin)
watch video from the 2008 Switchboard Music Festival, San Francisco
Selected Thai classical repertoire
with the Ostrich Ensemble
listen
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