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
Harbor Music Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
String Quartet SKU: PR.16400222S Composed by Dan Welcher. Full score (stu...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
PR.16400222S
Composed
by Dan Welcher. Full
score (study). With
Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00222S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16400222S).
UPC:
680160037841.
This
work follows my Quartet
No. 1 by five years. In
terms of style and
aesthetic aim, however,
it seems light years
away. Where the first
work, a 28-minute,
four-movement piece, took
aim at cosmic conflicts
and heroic resolutions,
the present work is
intended as a kind of
divertissment. Harbor
Music lasts a mere eleven
minutes, is cast in a
single movement with six
sections, and should
leave both performers and
listeners with a feeling
of good humor and
affection. The
title comes from my
experience as a guest in
the magnificent city of
Sydney, Australia. One of
its most attractive
features is its unique
system of ferry boats:
the city is laid out
around a large,
multi-channeled harbor,
with destinations more
easily approached by
water than by land.
Consequently, inhabitants
of Sydney get around on
small, people-friendly
boats that come and go
from the central docks at
Circular Quay. During a
week's visit in 1991, I
must have boarded these
boats at least a dozen
times, always bound for a
new location - the resort
town of Manley, or the
Zoo at Taronga Park, or
the shopping district at
Darling Harbour.
In casting about for a
form for my second string
quartet, a kind of loose
rondo came to mind. Each
new destination would be
approached from the same
starting-out point
(although there are
subtle variations in the
repeating theme; it's
always in a new key, and
the texture is never the
same). The result, I
hope, is a sense of
constant new information
presented with
introductory frames of a
more familiar nature.
The embarkation
theme, which begins the
piece, is a sort of
bi-tonal fanfare in which
the violins are in G
major and the viola and
cello are in B-flat
major. It is bold, eager,
and forward-looking. The
first voyage maintains
this bi-tonality,
beginning as a 9/8 due
for second violin and
viola in a kind of
rocking motion -much as a
boat produces when
reaching the deeper water
in the harbor. A sweet,
nostalgic theme emerges
over this rocking
accompaniment. This music
is developed somewhat,
then transforms quickly
into a much faster and
lighter episode, filled
with rising and falling
scales (again, in
differing keys). A
scherzando interlude in
short notes and changing
meters provides contrast,
and the episode ends with
a reprise of the scales.
The second
embarkation follows, this
time in A major/C major.
It leads quickly into a
very warm and slow theme,
in wide-leaping intervals
for the viola. This
section is interrupted
twice by solo cadenzas
for the cello, suggesting
distant boat-horns in
major thirds. The end of
the episode becomes a
transition, with
boat-horns leading into
the final appearance of
the embarkation music,
this time in trills and
tremolos instead of
sharply accented chords.
The nostalgic theme of
the first episode makes a
final appearance, serving
now as a coda. The
rocking motion continues,
in a lullaby fashion,
leaving us drowsy and
satisfied on our homeward
journey. Harbor
Music was written for the
Cavani Quartet, and is
dedicated to Richard J.
Bogomolny. Commissioned
by his employees at First
National Supermarkets as
a gift, it represents a
thank you from many of
the people (including
this composer) who have
benefitted from his
vision and generosity. An
ardent advocate of
chamber music (and a
cellist himself), Mr.
Bogomolny has for many
years been Chairman of
the Board of Chamber
Music America. -- Dan
Welcher.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-876-8 Composed by Timo Alakot...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-876-8
Composed by Timo
Alakotila. Classical,
contemporary, folk. Score
& parts. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-876-8. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-876-8).
Timo
Alakotila's String
quartet no. 4 (2022) was
premiered by Tempera
Quartet. In its four
movements the work
combines the rich sound
of the classical string
quartet with rhythms and
idioms of Finnish folk
music. The titles of the
movements decribe the
journey (Quest - Joy -
Direction -
Resolution).
This
product includes a full
score and a set of
parts.
Composer,
musician Timo Alakotila
(b. 1959) is a
distinguished, active and
versatile talent in the
Finnish music scene whose
long career working with
different genres of music
- folk music in
particular - has been
ground-breaking.
Alakotila's works
showcase his versatility:
he has produced highly
acclaimed classical music
compositions and
arrangements for Pekka
and Jaakko Kuusisto, the
Meta4 quartet, the Kamus
and Tempera quartets,
Eeva Oksala, Dalia
Stasevska and Jorma
Hynninen, among
others.
String Quartet SKU: SU.28040041 For String Quartet. Composed by Jo...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
SU.28040041
For
String Quartet.
Composed by John Newell.
Chamber Music, String
Trio/Quartet/Quintet. Set
of Parts. Abierto Music
#28040041. Published by
Abierto Music
(SU.28040041).
A series of
reflections on one
day’s journey (or
one life’s
journey). The titles of
the four movements can
almost be read as one
sentence: Thoughts at
dawn… through heat
and grit... become a
canticle... seeking in
faith the light. Audio
and score previews are
available at the
composer's web site:
johnnewellmusic.com/works
/chamber-ensemble/ String
Quartet Duration: 28'
Composed: 2008 Published
by: Abierto Music Also
available: Full Score
(28040040).
String Quartet SKU: SU.28040040 For String Quartet. Composed by Jo...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
SU.28040040
For
String Quartet.
Composed by John Newell.
Chamber Music, String
Trio/Quartet/Quintet.
Score. Abierto Music
#28040040. Published by
Abierto Music
(SU.28040040).
A series of
reflections on one
day’s journey (or
one life’s
journey). The titles of
the four movements can
almost be read as one
sentence: Thoughts at
dawn… through heat
and grit... become a
canticle... seeking in
faith the light. Audio
and score previews are
available at the
composer's web site:
johnnewellmusic.com/works
/chamber-ensemble/ String
Quartet Duration: 28'
Composed: 2008 Published
by: Abierto Music Also
available: Set of
Parts (28040041).
Harp, Flute, Clarinet, String Quartet SKU: HL.14023298 Composed by Per No...(+)
Harp, Flute, Clarinet,
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14023298
Composed
by Per Norgard. Music
Sales America. Score.
Music Sales #KP01431.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14023298).
ISBN
9788759871591.
English.
Per
Norgard 's Gennem Torne /
Through Thorns (2003)
Harp Concerto No. 2 -
Passage for Harp Solo
with Flute, Clarinet and
String Quartet. Premiered
by Tine Rehling (Harp)
and the Esbjerg Ensemble,
conducted by Kaisa Roose
at the Concert Hall of
the Western Jutland
Academy of Music,
Esbjerg, 28th January
2004. Programme Note
THROUGH THORNS has a
duration of about 20
minutes, in one
continuous movement, thus
the subtitle passage. The
work is scored for harp
solo, flute, clarinet and
string quartet. The title
is borrowed from the
lines from an old Virgin
Mary Hymn: Mary wanders
through thorns, a hymn
which ends with the
following line: then
roses grew forth amongst
thethorns. I only came
across the poem after
finishing the
composition, the passage
of which is a journey of
sometimes dramatic
events, concluding with a
rose-blooming, as does
the hymn. For
THROUGH THORNS to borrow
its title from a Virgin
Mary Hymn has to do with
the musical material and
current of the piece,
which brings motives from
an earlier choral piece
of mine, FLOS UT ROSA
(Latin for a flower like
a rose), and the rose in
question is of course the
one which grew forth when
the Virgin Mary gave
birth to the Infant Jesus
in a hitherto unheard-of
fashion, a NOVA GENITURA
(new birth), which is the
title of another work of
mine that also derives
its material from my
original rose-melody from
1975. THROUGH
THORNS is dedicated to
Tine Rehling, and
together with her I have
tried to expand the
sonorities of the harp,
by exploring existing
techniques and their more
remote regions, in order
to gain access to new
territory and new
soundscaoes, as realised
by the constantly
experimentally-minded and
virtuoso player.
Per Norgard, 2004.
 .
Composed by Michael
Berkeley. String
Quartets. Set of parts.
48 pages. Duration 18'.
Oxford University Press
#9780193412354. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193412354).
ISBN 9780193412354. 12
x 8
inches.
Berkeley's
second string quartet
uses a free, random
presentation of thematic
material. There is a
sharp contrast between
the tight and rhythmic
central section and the
final passage which
dispenses with barlines
altogether, providing a
fascinating journey
through interrelated and
continuous sections.
Composed by Michael
Berkeley. String
Quartets. Score. 32
pages. Duration 18'.
Oxford University Press
#9780193554986. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193554986).
ISBN 9780193554986. 12
x 8
inches.
Berkeley's
second string quartet
uses a free, random
presentation of thematic
material. There is a
sharp contrast between
the tight and rhythmic
central section and the
final passage which
dispenses with barlines
altogether, providing a
fascinating journey
through interrelated and
continuous sections.
Score and Parts String Quartet (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.49047293 String...(+)
Score and Parts String
Quartet (Score & Parts)
SKU: HL.49047293
String Quartet Score
and Parts. Composed
by Wolfgang Birtel.
String Ensemble. Chamber,
Classical. Softcover.
Schott Music #ED21282.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49047293).
ISBN
9798350118797.
Who
doesn't know the famous
Mainz carnival song
“Heile, heale
Gänsjeâ€. It
became a comforting song
that is sung on all sorts
of occasions. Wolfgang
Birtel takes the melody
on a humorous journey
through music history,
transforming it - more or
less hidden - into the
guise of famous
composers. So
“Heile, heile
Gänsje†appears
in the little sentences
sometimes with a powdered
Bach wig or at the court
ball with Johann Strauss,
with Haydn at Fürst
Esterházy or at the
Schubertiade, etc. Humor
is the trump card in
these parodies, which
involve enjoyable
music-making in a string
quartet - ad libitum with
double bass –
guaranteed.
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