Composed by Christian Mason. World premiere: Paris, Cite de la musique, Januar...(+)
Composed by Christian
Mason.
World premiere: Paris,
Cite
de la musique, January
14,
2020. Breitkopf and
Haertel
#EB 9377. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
Game Over Saxophone Alto et Piano - Facile De Haske Publications
Composed by Jan Hadermann (1952-). De Haske Saxophone Series. Book with Part. ...(+)
Composed by Jan Hadermann
(1952-). De Haske
Saxophone
Series. Book with Part.
Composed 2020. 8 pages.
De
Haske Publications #DHP
1206261-401. Published by
De
Haske Publications
Violin, piano SKU: VD.ED11337 Multi-stylistic Suite for Violin and Pia...(+)
Violin, piano
SKU:
VD.ED11337
Multi-stylistic Suite
for Violin and Piano
(Dedicated to Gennady
Gurevich). Composed
by Jan Freidlin.
Classical. Score, solo
part. Composed 2010. 21
S. Part. + 11 S. Stimme
pages. Verlag Dohr
#ED11337. Published by
Verlag Dohr (VD.ED11337).
SKU: HL.50603924 Score and Parts. Composed by Peter Dickinson. Str...(+)
SKU: HL.50603924
Score and Parts.
Composed by Peter
Dickinson. String.
Softcover. 64 pages.
Duration 600 seconds.
Novello & Co Ltd.
#NOV100474. Published by
Novello & Co Ltd.
(HL.50603924).
ISBN
9781705157718. UPC:
196288032458. 9.0x12.0
inches.
The
composer writes: These
three pieces are based on
movements from my Mass of
the Apocalypse,
commissioned for the
300th anniversary of St
James' Church, Piccadilly
and recorded by the St
James' Singers/Ivor
Bolton. They are
dedicated to Peter
Sheppard Sk''rved and the
Kreutzer Quartet in
gratitude for their
outstanding CD of my
chamber music released
early in 2020. They gave
the first performance of
the Three Pieces, which
was filmed and streamed
in November 2020, but the
live premiere was given
by the Gildas Quartet in
the William Alwyn
Festival at Southwold
Church on 8 October
2021..
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SKU: BR.EB-9387 Composed by Christian Mason. Edition Breitkopf. New music...(+)
SKU: BR.EB-9387
Composed by Christian
Mason. Edition Breitkopf.
New music (post-2000);
Music post-1945. Set of
parts. Composed 2019.
Duration 20'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9387.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9387).
ISBN 9790004188576. 0
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inches.
Commissione
d by the Kolner
Philharmonie (KolnMusik)
for the non bthvn projekt
2020 and the Cite de la
musique / Philharmonie de
Paris Dedicated to
Arditti Quartet Each
movement of this quartet
explores a single state,
its lights and its
shadows. Each movement,
you could say, is a
moment . And these
moments could last for
more or less time without
compromising their
essential nature. The
processes could be
extended or compressed,
repeated or reversed, but
the core ideas - if they
are ideas, but maybe they
are simply experiences? -
are what they are.
Despite this, the precise
sequence of movements
matters a great deal.
Heard together they do
articulate some kind of
linear narrative, maybe
even a metaphorical
journey (albeit a
circular one where the
arrival might, who knows,
prove to be a new
departure). One situation
gives way to another and
instrumental
relationships within the
quartet vary, but
ultimately the
imaginative impulse
behind the piece
preferences states of
unity. Whether or not
this unity is expressed
texturally - sometimes
literal unisons pervade,
but not always - there is
generally a sense that
even seemingly diverse
aspects relate to a
fundamental condition of
concord: a conscious
limitation in the pitch
structure to spectral
emanations of the root
notes E-flat and C. At
the opening this is
unambiguously audible in
the perpetual alternation
of these two notes in the
low cello register. Later
the two spectra are woven
into a micro-tonal
'double-spectral-mode'
(derived from the first
24 partials of the C and
E-flat fundamentals),
which defines the subtle
melodic inflection of the
second movement, and the
never-quite-chromatic
ascending scales of the
third. For now this feels
like a rich source of
melodic possibility, so
far only just glimpsed...
And why the insistence on
E-flat? Probably by way
of historical anecdote.
Apparently Karl Holz (a
member of the
Schuppanzigh Quartet)
said to Beethoven: We
performed your Quartet in
E-flat Op. 127 in his
[Weber's] honour; he
found the Adagio too
long; but I told him:
Beethoven also has a
longer feeling and a
longer imagination than
anyone standing or not
standing today. - Since
then, even Linke (another
member of the quartet)
can no longer stand him:
we cannot forgive him for
this. Listening again to
Op. 127, in light of
these comments, I was
struck by the opening
moment: the unfolding of
an E-flat 7th chord over
the course of a few bars.
Every time I hear it I
find myself wishing that
Beethoven would have
lingered longer there,
without resolution or
progression, just
enjoying that sonority.
And maybe - why not? -
tune the 7th naturally.
And what would it be to
stretch that moment into
an entire piece? What
would Weber think of
that?! In the end I was
not so extreme in my
self-limitation, and
other concerns took over,
but it was from these
thoughts that the
composition process
began... Lastly, about
the title: it comes from
a book called 'The Clock
of the Long Now' by
Stewart Brand, published
at the turn of the
millennium. It's about
the creation of a
thousand-year clock to
embody the aspiration to
thinking in terms of
longer time-spans than
are presently habitual.
If the music of Beethoven
embodied a 'longer'
feeling and imagination
than some of his
contemporaries were able
to appreciate, what is
our relation to time now?
Longer or shorter? Maybe
it depends who you ask...
It's probably more
extreme in both
directions: attention
spans might be
diminishing in the
digital world, but
conversely there is an
awareness of distant
pasts and potential
futures which would have
been inconceivable at the
time of Beethoven. In any
case, the interesting
thing is to ponder how
societal conditions,
assumptions and
expectations might -
whether consciously or
unconsciously - influence
the time of art, for
listeners and creators
alike. And what if time
is running out?
(Christian
Mason)
World
premiere: Paris, Cite de
la musique, January 14,
2020.
Piano SKU: FG.55011-676-4 Composed by Juhani Nuorvala. Classical. Book. F...(+)
Piano
SKU:
FG.55011-676-4
Composed by Juhani
Nuorvala. Classical.
Book. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-676-4. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-676-4).
Juhani Nuorvala
(b. 1961) wrote The Five
Chords That Shook My
World (2020) for pianist
Nicolas Horvath's Hommage
a Glass project and it is
dedicated to him. It's a
fantasy meditation on the
Train/Spaceship chords in
Einstein, that repeating
five-chord progression
(Fm - Db - A - B7 - E)
about which the composer
has said that there's
something strange,
because it never fails to
lift the audience to its
feet. The duration of the
piece is c. 6'30'', and
it was premiered by Emil
Holmstrom at RUSK
festival (Pietarsaari,
Finland) 20th November
2020. A notable variety
of influences -
microtonality, American
minimalism, New
Romanticism, popular
music, techno - has been
regarded as a special
feature of Nuorvala's
idiom. Despite this he is
not a collage artist;
instead he has blended
various ingredients to
create a mode of
expression entirely his
own. Nuorvala's works are
often marked with
frenzied rhythmic drive.
He makes music using
elements and materials
that both the mind and
the body respond to. He
finds these elements not
only in old or new
classical music but in
various forms of urban
popular music, such as
the electronic music of
modern dance clubs.
A Walk To Mozart Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Wilhelm Hansen
Saw and String Quartet SKU: BT.WH33313A Composed by Britta Bystrom. Class...(+)
Saw and String Quartet
SKU: BT.WH33313A
Composed by Britta
Bystrom. Classical. Set
of Parts. Composed 2020.
24 pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #WH33313A.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(BT.WH33313A).
ISBN
9788759894576.
A
work scored for saw and
string quartet dedicated
to the Esbjerg Ensemble
and premiered in February
2020. Score available:
WH33313.
Bassoon SKU: SU.94010764 For Bassoon. Composed by James Lee III. W...(+)
Bassoon
SKU:
SU.94010764
For
Bassoon. Composed by
James Lee III. Woodwinds,
Bassoon. Score. Subito
Music Corporation
#94010764. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.94010764).
Dedicated to
Bryan Young, Principal
Bassoon, Baltimore
Chamber OrchestraBassoon
Duration: 5'3 Composed:
2020 Published by: Subito
Music Publishing PROGRAM
NOTE: The year 2020
has definitely been a
very challenging year
with many upheavals.
During this time of the
COVID-19 health crisis,
wearing masks, and high
racial tensions, I
decided to compose four
short solo woodwind works
for flute, oboe,
clarinet, and bassoon,
which represent the core
woodwind section in an
orchestra. I was inspired
to compose these short
pieces after I first
heard Igor Stravinsky's
three short pieces for
clarinet, which totals a
little more than four
minutes in duration. I
thought that it would be
nice to highlight and
honor my African-American
male colleagues in the
orchestral music world. I
wanted to celebrate the
fact that they are the
principal player in the
section of their
respective orchestras.
The short pieces are as
follows: Principal
Brother No. 1 for flute
solo for Demarre McGill,
Principal Flute of the
Seattle Symphony
Orchestra, Principal
Brother No. 2 for oboe
solo for Titus Underwood,
Principal Oboe of the
Nashville Symphony
Orchestra, Principal
Brother No. 3 for
clarinet solo for Anthony
McGill, Principal
Clarinet of the New York
Philharmonic, and
Principal Brother No. 4
for bassoon solo for
Bryan Young, Principal
Bassoon of the Baltimore
Chamber Orchestra. These
works all begin with
notes that are
representative of their
name; D for Demarre, B
for Titus (ti in
solfège starting on
C), A for Anthony, and Bb
for Bryan. There is also
a rhythmic figure in the
opening measures of each
piece, which represent
the utterance of their
names. All four of these
works are rhapsodic in
nature with elements of
improvisation. - James
Lee III.
Flute SKU: SU.94010761 For Flute. Composed by James Lee III. Woodw...(+)
Flute
SKU:
SU.94010761
For
Flute. Composed by
James Lee III. Woodwinds,
Flute/Piccolo. Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#94010761. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.94010761).
Dedicated to
Demarre McGill, Principal
Flute, Seattle Symphony
OrchestraFlute Duration:
6' Composed: 2020
Published by: Subito
Music Publishing PROGRAM
NOTE: The year 2020
has definitely been a
very challenging year
with many upheavals.
During this time of the
COVID-19 health crisis,
wearing masks, and high
racial tensions, I
decided to compose four
short solo woodwind works
for flute, oboe,
clarinet, and bassoon,
which represent the core
woodwind section in an
orchestra. I was inspired
to compose these short
pieces after I first
heard Igor Stravinsky's
three short pieces for
clarinet, which totals a
little more than four
minutes in duration. I
thought that it would be
nice to highlight and
honor my African-American
male colleagues in the
orchestral music world. I
wanted to celebrate the
fact that they are the
principal player in the
section of their
respective orchestras.
The short pieces are as
follows: Principal
Brother No. 1 for flute
solo for Demarre McGill,
Principal Flute of the
Seattle Symphony
Orchestra, Principal
Brother No. 2 for oboe
solo for Titus Underwood,
Principal Oboe of the
Nashville Symphony
Orchestra, Principal
Brother No. 3 for
clarinet solo for Anthony
McGill, Principal
Clarinet of the New York
Philharmonic, and
Principal Brother No. 4
for bassoon solo for
Bryan Young, Principal
Bassoon of the Baltimore
Chamber Orchestra. These
works all begin with
notes that are
representative of their
name; D for Demarre, B
for Titus (ti in
solfège starting on
C), A for Anthony, and Bb
for Bryan. There is also
a rhythmic figure in the
opening measures of each
piece, which represent
the utterance of their
names. All four of these
works are rhapsodic in
nature with elements of
improvisation. - James
Lee III.
Oboe SKU: SU.94010762 For Oboe. Composed by James Lee III. Woodwin...(+)
Oboe
SKU:
SU.94010762
For
Oboe. Composed by
James Lee III. Woodwinds,
Oboe/Piccolo. Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#94010762. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.94010762).
Dedicated to
Titus Underwood,
Principal Oboe, Nashville
Symphony OrchestraOboe
Duration: 5' Composed:
2020 Published by: Subito
Music Publishing PROGRAM
NOTE: The year 2020
has definitely been a
very challenging year
with many upheavals.
During this time of the
COVID-19 health crisis,
wearing masks, and high
racial tensions, I
decided to compose four
short solo woodwind works
for flute, oboe,
clarinet, and bassoon,
which represent the core
woodwind section in an
orchestra. I was inspired
to compose these short
pieces after I first
heard Igor Stravinsky's
three short pieces for
clarinet, which totals a
little more than four
minutes in duration. I
thought that it would be
nice to highlight and
honor my African-American
male colleagues in the
orchestral music world. I
wanted to celebrate the
fact that they are the
principal player in the
section of their
respective orchestras.
The short pieces are as
follows: Principal
Brother No. 1 for flute
solo for Demarre McGill,
Principal Flute of the
Seattle Symphony
Orchestra, Principal
Brother No. 2 for oboe
solo for Titus Underwood,
Principal Oboe of the
Nashville Symphony
Orchestra, Principal
Brother No. 3 for
clarinet solo for Anthony
McGill, Principal
Clarinet of the New York
Philharmonic, and
Principal Brother No. 4
for bassoon solo for
Bryan Young, Principal
Bassoon of the Baltimore
Chamber Orchestra. These
works all begin with
notes that are
representative of their
name; D for Demarre, B
for Titus (ti in
solfège starting on
C), A for Anthony, and Bb
for Bryan. There is also
a rhythmic figure in the
opening measures of each
piece, which represent
the utterance of their
names. All four of these
works are rhapsodic in
nature with elements of
improvisation. - James
Lee III.
Organ SKU: SU.80101484 For Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keybo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101484
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101484.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101484).
Awake, Thou
World-Filling Light!
(2020), a toccata for
organ, is dedicated to
Jan Lehtola. The image of
the world-filling light
comes from the Bengali
writer Rabindranath
Tagore. Instrumentation:
Organ Duration: 5'
Composed: 2020 Published
by: Zimbel Press.
Clarinet SKU: SU.94010763 For Clarinet. Composed by James Lee III....(+)
Clarinet
SKU:
SU.94010763
For
Clarinet. Composed by
James Lee III. Woodwinds,
Clarinet. Score. Subito
Music Corporation
#94010763. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.94010763).
Dedicated to
Anthony McGill, Principal
Clarinet, New York
PhilharmonicClarinet
Duration: 5'30 Composed:
2020 Published by: Subito
Music Publishing PROGRAM
NOTE: The year 2020
has definitely been a
very challenging year
with many upheavals.
During this time of the
COVID-19 health crisis,
wearing masks, and high
racial tensions, I
decided to compose four
short solo woodwind works
for flute, oboe,
clarinet, and bassoon,
which represent the core
woodwind section in an
orchestra. I was inspired
to compose these short
pieces after I first
heard Igor Stravinsky's
three short pieces for
clarinet, which totals a
little more than four
minutes in duration. I
thought that it would be
nice to highlight and
honor my African-American
male colleagues in the
orchestral music world. I
wanted to celebrate the
fact that they are the
principal player in the
section of their
respective orchestras.
The short pieces are as
follows: Principal
Brother No. 1 for flute
solo for Demarre McGill,
Principal Flute of the
Seattle Symphony
Orchestra, Principal
Brother No. 2 for oboe
solo for Titus Underwood,
Principal Oboe of the
Nashville Symphony
Orchestra, Principal
Brother No. 3 for
clarinet solo for Anthony
McGill, Principal
Clarinet of the New York
Philharmonic, and
Principal Brother No. 4
for bassoon solo for
Bryan Young, Principal
Bassoon of the Baltimore
Chamber Orchestra. These
works all begin with
notes that are
representative of their
name; D for Demarre, B
for Titus (ti in
solfège starting on
C), A for Anthony, and Bb
for Bryan. There is also
a rhythmic figure in the
opening measures of each
piece, which represent
the utterance of their
names. All four of these
works are rhapsodic in
nature with elements of
improvisation. - James
Lee III.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11642055S Composed by Elena Ruehr. Study Score. 87 page...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11642055S
Composed
by Elena Ruehr. Study
Score. 87 pages. Merion
Music #116-42055S.
Published by Merion Music
(PR.11642055S).
UPC:
680160690763.
Writt
en in 2020 and dedicated
to the memory my mother,
RuthAnn Richwine Ruehr,
this Requiem is also
written in memory of all
who passed in 2020. The
text is an English
translation of a standard
Latin Mass, but it is
secular: all religious
words were either removed
or replaced. It became a
kind of outline of the
five stages of grief:
bargaining, sorrow,
denial, anger and
acceptance.
Organ SKU: SU.80101485 For Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keybo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101485
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101485.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101485).
As strong as
these stones, as fragile
as these stones (2020) is
dedicated to Axel Ruoff.
Two quieter outer
sections surround a
dramatic and energetic
middle. Instrumentation:
Organ Duration: 6'
Composed: 2020 Published
by: Zimbel Press.
Viola SKU: FG.55011-686-3 Composed by Kalevi Aho. Classical. Book. Fennic...(+)
Viola
SKU:
FG.55011-686-3
Composed by Kalevi Aho.
Classical. Book. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-686-3.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-686-3).
In spring 2020,
coronavirus began
spreading throughout the
world and in many places
people were subjected to
quarantine. It was then
that Hiyoli Togawa, a
violist, proposed that
the BIS record label
release a viola disc
entitled Songs of
Solitude of short
compositions by different
contemporary composers,
as a sort of reflection
of the present time and
offering comfort to
listeners in their
solitude. Hiyoli asked
Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) to
compose a piece in which
she could play and sing
simultaneously. The
meditative, melancholy Am
Horizont is dedicated to
Hiyoli Togawa and
composed in April 2020.
Duration: c. 5'30''.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11642055L Composed by Elena Ruehr. Large Score. 87 page...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11642055L
Composed
by Elena Ruehr. Large
Score. 87 pages. Merion
Music #116-42055L.
Published by Merion Music
(PR.11642055L).
UPC:
680160690770.
Writt
en in 2020 and dedicated
to the memory my mother,
RuthAnn Richwine Ruehr,
this Requiem is also
written in memory of all
who passed in 2020. The
text is an English
translation of a standard
Latin Mass, but it is
secular: all religious
words were either removed
or replaced. It became a
kind of outline of the
five stages of grief:
bargaining, sorrow,
denial, anger and
acceptance.