Par HINDSON MATTHEW. Matthew Hindson's Rush for guitar and string quartet takes its influence from the music of Felix Mendelssohn. The fast and technically challenging passages found in the final movement of the Mendelssohn String Octet influenced Hindson's decision to compose a work for the Goldner String Quartet that is highly virtuosic in nature. Hindson remarks, 'it is much more the spirit of Mendelssohn's string writing that was influential, particularly the last movements of his string quartets and the String Octet, rather than any sort of harmony or melodic invention.' This nine minute piece also features the playful, up-beat and repetitive rhythms found in popular music. The fast and mostly accelerating tempo of Rush reinforces both the title of the piece and the influence of 'techno' music. Rush also features a series of catchy and vibrant melodies, making the work accessible to a wide audience. Although the piece is scored for guitar and string quartet, it is regarded by Hindson as a guitar quintet, where the guitarist and the string quartet are treated not as soloists performing with accompaniment, but as integral and equally important entities in the work as a whole. The guitarist and the instruments comprising the quartet each have the opportunity to assume the playful motifs and feature as virtuosic soloists. / Ensemble Music, Instrumental Music / Répertoire / Guitare et Quatuor à Cordes

60 First Position Studies from Op. 45 54 74 - Selected and Arranged in-The quintessential Viola method just got even better with a new edition expertly updated and edited by world-famous violinist Rachel Barton Pine. It contains modernised fingerings bowings and dynamics by Pine all newly engraved for this edition. At the same time it remains faithful to the original maintaining the same pedagogical sequence as Aiqouni's classic edition. This edition also includes a DVD of Matthew Lipman playing all 60 etudes with two camera views so students can choose to see either the bow or the left hand technique. For beginning to intermediate players.