String quartet SKU: FG.55011-510-1 Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score an...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
FG.55011-510-1
Composed by Matthew
Whittall. Score and
parts. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-510-1. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-510-1).
ISBN
9790550115101.
Matt
hew Whittall's preface to
Bright Ferment (2019): I
have a complicated
history with the string
quartet. Actually, it's
not that complicated. I
spent months writing a
huge one in my early
twenties and hastily
withdrew it after a long
delayed premiere, vowing
never to write another.
In a typical case of
karmic retribution, my
fear of the form would
eventually be overcome by
the unrefusable offer to
write the compulsory
piece for the Banff
International String
Quartet Competition in my
native Canada. The short
duration requested, about
nine minutes, also felt
like a good way to wade
gingerly back into the
medium. The title was
originally just a
nice-sounding pair of
words that surfaced in a
brainstorming session
with fellow composer Alex
Freeman over an
injudicious amount of
fermented barley. When I
looked it up later, I
found that it was a
phrase of older coinage,
seemingly used more for
poetic resonance than any
fixed meaning. Ferment by
itself denotes a state of
confusion, change or lack
of order. With bright, it
takes on a more positive
connotation with regard
to society and
creativity: a wild
profusion of ideas barely
checked by reason. (It
may not actually mean
that, but it describes
this piece nicely, so
let's go with it.)
Fermentation in its
trendy culinary usage is
also hinted at via a
recurrent percolating
device of scattered
pizzicati. As one may
guess from the tone of
this introduction, there
is little attempt at
gravity in Bright
Ferment, the only means
by which I felt I could
sidestep the historical
and expressive weight of
the string quartet genre.
Styles, gestures and
moods are tossed around,
cross-cut and abandoned
in
stream-of-consciousness
fashion, connected by
little except an
intuitive sense of
rightness in their
juxtaposition. If the
piece acquires depth in
spite of me, it will only
be because its disparate
parts amplify and
strengthen each other
simply by being together
- much like the ensemble
itself. Bright Ferment
was commissioned by the
Banff Centre for the Arts
and Creativity and the
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation, with
additional funding from
the Americas Society (New
York), for the 2019 Banff
International String
Quartet Competition.
Duration: ca. 9
minutes.
French horn SKU: FG.55011-738-9 Composed by Matthew Whittall. Classical. ...(+)
French horn
SKU:
FG.55011-738-9
Composed by Matthew
Whittall. Classical.
Score. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-738-9. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-738-9).
ISBN
9790550117389.
Nort
hlands (album for horn
and string orchestra) by
Matthew Whittall is a
concertante work for horn
and strings, written for
Tommi Hyytiainen and
premiered by the
Ostrobothnian Chamber
Orchestra with Hyytiainen
as a soloist. The work
has been recorded for
ALBA label, and it won
the Record of the Year
prize given the Finnish
National Broadcasting
Company in 2017. The
composer writes that
Northlands was influenced
by his brief experience
with Iceland, its epic
landscapes and
otherworldly light, which
had had an immediate and
powerful impact both on
the composer and the
concept for the piece.
Duration: 23'. Solo horn
(doubling natural horn in
D) and strings (min.
55432) Study score
available separately
(ISMN 9790550114500). The
orchestral material is
available for hire from
the publisher.
(30 Top Christian Artists and Holiday Songs). By Various. For Piano/Vocal/Guitar...(+)
(30 Top Christian Artists
and Holiday Songs). By
Various. For
Piano/Vocal/Guitar.
Sacred Folio. 224 pages.
Word Music #080689555282.
Published by Word Music
By Casting Crowns. By Bernie Herms, John Mark Hall, and Matthew West. Arranged b...(+)
By Casting Crowns. By
Bernie Herms, John Mark
Hall, and Matthew West.
Arranged by Ed Hogan.
PraiseSong Choral.
Octavo. 16 pages.
Published by PraiseSong
(HL.226409).
One Step Away CD Chorale [CD d'accompagnement] PraiseSong
By Casting Crowns. By Bernie Herms, John Mark Hall, Matthew West. Arranged by Ed...(+)
By Casting Crowns. By
Bernie Herms, John Mark
Hall, Matthew West.
Arranged by Ed Hogan.
PraiseSong Choral. Praise
Team, Anthem, Sacred,
Contemporary Christian,
General Worship, Youth
Choir. CD. Published by
PraiseSong (HL.226410).
By Casting Crowns. By Bernie Herms, Mark Hall, Matthew West. Arranged by Josep...(+)
By Casting Crowns. By
Bernie
Herms, Mark Hall, Matthew
West. Arranged by Joseph
M.
Martin. PraiseSong
Christmas
Series. Advent,
Christmas.
Octavo. 12 pages.
Published
by PraiseSong
By Casting Crowns. By Mark Hall and Matthew West. Arranged by Marty Hamby. For C...(+)
By Casting Crowns. By
Mark Hall and Matthew
West. Arranged by Marty
Hamby. For Choral
(CHOIRTRAX CD).
PraiseSong Choral. CD
only. Published by
PraiseSong
Easy Piano. Arranged by Carol Tornquist. Book; Piano - Easy Piano Collection...(+)
Easy Piano. Arranged by
Carol Tornquist. Book;
Piano
- Easy Piano Collection;
Piano Supplemental;
Worship
Resources. Top 50.
Contemporary Christian;
Sacred. 220 pages.
Published
by Alfred Music