By Domenec Mas I Serracant. For violin, cello and piano. Keyboard/Piano. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (Spanish import).

(Guitar)

SKU: HL.14073473

Composed by Luis G. Sser. Guitar. General Merchandise. Duration 240 seconds. Chester Music #WF01033. Published by Chester Music (HL.14073473).

Guitar

SKU: VT.VT-337

Composed by Antonio Pereira Arias. Solo. Van Teeseling #VT 337. Published by Van Teeseling (VT.VT-337).

Orchestra

SKU: BO.ICCMU321

Composed by Rafael Rodriguez Albert. Other Materials. ICCMU. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (BO.ICCMU321).

Opera

SKU: HL.50499282

By F. Giuntini and R. Strohm. By Giuseppe Maria Orlandini and Johann Mattheson. Edited by Francesco Giuntini. Arranged by Johann Mattheson. CRITICAL EDITIONS. Classical, Facsimile. Hardcover. Composed 2013. 129 pages. Ricordi #NR140920. Published by Ricordi (HL.50499282).

ISBN 9788875929534. UPC: 884088951375. 12x9 inches. Introduction by Francesco Giuntini.

Facsimile reproduction of the Johann Mattheson adaptation manuscript of Orlandini's opera score. Includes detailed introduction in Italian and English on the 1721 Venetian (Orlandini) and 1723 Hamburg (Mattheson) versions, as well as the original libretto by Agostino Piovene and adapted libretto by Mattheson.

Chamber Music Bass Clarinet, Cello, Clarinet, Finger Cymbals, Flute, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Percussion, Piano, Vibraphone, Violin, soprano voice

SKU: PR.111402590

For Soprano and Chamber Ensemble. Composed by James Matheson. This edition: Full Set. The world premiere was given at Carnegie Hall, New York City, on October 10, 2004. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed August 29 2004. 60+12+12+12+16+8+8 pages. Duration 18 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #111-40259. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.111402590).

UPC: 680160638208. 9x12 inches. Text: Alan Dugan. Alan Dugan. Poems Seven, ©Alan Dugan, published by Seven Stories Press, New York.

The poetry of Pulitzer Prize winner Alan Dugan struck a chord with Matheson, who notes a certain contradiction in the poems and in his own writings - an emotional directness combined with complexity. Matheson chose seven Dugan poems, which span decades, in answering a 2004 commission by Carnegie Hall through the Weill Music Institute, and also chose the Pierrot ensemble to convey his impressions. Matheson tends to build to a punch line,which often helps clarify Dugan's slight obscurities. You may not know what the poet means, but the music at least directs you to the right place emotionally. - Mark Swed, The Los Angeles Times.

Orchestra Bassoon, Cello, Clarinet, Contrabass, Flute, Harp, Horn, Marimba, Oboe, Vibraphone, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2

SKU: PR.416414230

For Chamber Orchestra. Composed by James Matheson. This edition: Version 6/10/10. Sws. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed February 13 2003. 84 pages. Duration 18 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #416-41423. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.416414230).

ISBN 9781598066630. UPC: 680160602087. 9x12 inches.

Colonnade is James Matheson’s intriguing response to the Albany Symphony’s commission to create a work inspired by the NY State Board of Education Building, designed by the renowned architect Rafael Guastavino. Matheson explains that “A colonnade acts as a metaphor for the tension between knowledge and perception. The columns are the same height and equidistant from each other; while the mind understands this fully, there exists no place from which one can perceive this – the columns always appear to be of uneven height and spacing. If one then adds motion to perspective, identical columns acquire elasticity, and begin to change kaleidoscopically – they shrink, grow, become closer, and then further apart.” This structural paradox is given musical life in the outer sections of Colonnade, while the long, arching middle section is inspired by the vaulted ceiling of one of the building’s largest rooms, enhancing the structure’s spacious openness and lightness.
Colonnade is inspired by Albany’s majestic New York State Board of Education Building, and written on a commission from the Albany Symphony Orchestra. It was an intriguing task, in part because in order to accept the commission I had to agree to write a work “inspired by” a building I had not yet seen. Thisproblem was compounded by the fact that, for me, the very notion of extra-musical inspiration is a complex one, particularly with respect to literary or visual sources. I generally find ideas and abstracted notions more generative of musical ideas than specific ones (a poem, an experience, a painting). So when I went to seeand tour the building, I sought to identify fundamental formal aspects of the building which I could process into musical ideas, and would then be linked to the building through a sense of formal relationship. In theend, two characteristics of the building stood out as noteworthy and undiminished by time (compared with, for instance, the building’s rotunda, which contains a series of quaintly outdated allegorical paintings): theexterior colonnade and a beautiful interior vaulted ceiling, designed by Rafael Guastavino.For me, a colonnade acts as a metaphor for the tension between knowledge and perception. We all know, for instance, that the columns are of the same height and are equidistant from each other. Nevertheless, while the mind understands this fully, it is also the case that there exists no place – no standpoint or viewpoint – anywhere in the universe – from which one can perceive this; the columns always appear to be of uneven height and spacing. If one then adds motion to perspective – a walk along the colonnade, for instance – the fixed, even, rigidly identical columns acquire elasticity, and begin to change kaleidoscopically – they shrink, grow, become closer, and then further apart. Further, the detail of the building’s façade behind the colonnadeshifts into and out of visibility, with different portions obscured by the columns from each vantage point. These considerations underlie the outer sections of Colonnade, in which a continuously repeated, continuously varied rising figure – suggestive of a column – dominates. The iterations of this elastic, evolvingfigure are interspersed with other music – suggestive of the building’s façade. The second feature of the building that caught my attention was the vaulted ceiling, designed by Guastavino,of one of the building’s largest rooms. The ceiling enhances the spaciousness of the room, giving it an openness and lightness that is quite captivating. The middle section of Colonnade has this openness at its core, and is dominated by long, arching lines that, to me, suggest the refined beauty of this ceiling.World premiere March 8, 2003; Albany Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Alan Miller.

SKU: HL.14023738

Composed by Franz Lehar. Music Sales America. Choral Score. Composed 2005. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH28306. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14023738).

Danish.

Choral SATB choir

SKU: HP.C6186

Composed by Mary McDonald. Piano Accompaniment. Prayer, Worship, Sacred. Octavo. Hope Publishing Company #C6186. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.C6186).

UPC: 763628161866. Words by George Matheson.

Original anthem with words by George Matheson The familiar words of this beloved hymn are brought to new life with original music and rich piano accompaniment reminiscent of Brahms or Chopin. The power of this prayer is felt in new ways with its pleading melody and sustained choral lines. This compelling anthem is ideal for any worship service centering on the love of God.

(Volume 7). Composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Edited by Walther Durr. For Low Voice and piano accompaniment. This edition: Urtext edition. Paperback. Tiefe Stimme. SingScore, Anthology. Language: German, Text Language: German/English. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.114416530

Composed by James Matheson. Premiered by the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 2014. 68+24+28+24+24 pages. Duration 33 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41653. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114416530).

UPC: 680160623884. 10.5 x 13 inches.

Commissioned by Justus and Elizabeth Schlichting for the Segerstrom Center for the Arts' chamber music series, the String Quartet was premiered in February 2014 by the St. Lawrence String Quartet at the Center's Samueli Theater. The String Quartet is included on the just-released all-Matheson CD on Yarlung Records, which includes the world premiere performance of his Violin Concerto along with his vocal cycle, Times Alone.