| This present moment used to be the unimaginable future... Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
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
$46.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Nocturnal - Partitur Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Music Sales
Trombone, String Quartet SKU: HL.14023162 Composed by Bent Sorensen. Musi...(+)
Trombone, String Quartet
SKU: HL.14023162
Composed by Bent
Sorensen. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Score. 28 pages. Music
Sales #KP01123. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14023162). ISBN
9788759860960.
Danish. Nocturnal
(1998-2001) for Trombone
and String Quartet was
composed by Bent Sorensen
. Progamme note: The two
movements of Nocturnal
were written with a gab
of three years. The last
movement, which bears the
title The Wings of Night,
was commisioned by Warsaw
Autumn in 1998, while the
first movement -
Mondnacht - was
commisioned for Ultima
Festival in Oslo in 2001.
Despite the three years
gab, these are not two
separate pieces which
have been linked
together. The sketches
for the first movement
were begun immediately
after the first
performance of the second
movement in Warsaw 1998.
As the title suggests,
there is a nocturnal
atmosphere in the work.
In the first movement
weare perhaps in a park
and notice the shadows of
the clouds passing the
bright moon. In the short
second movement we are
perhaps with
Shakespeare's Juliet,
calling for love, calling
for the night: Come
night, come Romeo, come,
thou day in night, For
thou wilt lie upon the
wings of night Whither
than snow upon a raven's
back. ...perhaps we are
elsewhere - at night!
Nocturnal was written for
Christian Lindberg and
the Arditti Quartet and
premiered in Oslo in
2001. $31.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Tuvan Songbook Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.EB-9243 Full Score. Composed by...(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc) SKU:
BR.EB-9243 Full
Score. Composed by
Christian Mason. Chamber
music; stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. World premiere
of the original version:
London, May 10, 2016World
premiere of the string
orchestra version:
Clermont-Ferrand, October
8, 2020. New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2016/2020. 40
pages. Duration 19'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
9243. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-9243). ISBN
9790004185438. 9 x 12
inches. It was the
practice of Khoomii
(throat singing) -
following several
workshops with Michael
Ormiston - that first
attracted me to Tuvan
music. Composing this
Songbook, the first in a
series commissioned by
the Ligeti Quartet, I
took the chance to
reflect on compositional
questions around
transcription and
arrangement of existing
music, and frequently
found myself asking:
where is the boundary
between the source
material and the new
substance? Of course the
relationship varies from
piece to piece, and
moment to moment:
sometimes we seem to
glimpse the pure source,
but most of the time
there are differing
degrees of distance,
working towards or away
from it. This new version
for string orchestra
corresponds closely to
the original quartet
version, with an
additional part for
double basses.The
traditional Tuvan songs
that I have transcribed
and recomposed are all
known to me from the Ay
Kherel CD The Music of
Tuva: Throat Singing and
Instruments from Central
Asia (2004, Arc Music).
According to the notes
from that CD, this is
what the songs are
about:1. Dyngylday: If
you have come on a horse
in blue, it doesn't mean
that you are the best. My
heart tells me something
else: my sweetheart
doesn't have such a
beautiful horse, but he
is my darling.An
alternative
interpretation from Alash
Ensemble
(alashensemble.com): The
word dyngylday is a
nonsense term with no
translation. The song
makes good-humored fun of
somebody for being a
good-for-nothing.2. Eki
Attar (The Best Steeds):
The horse is the basis of
our life. It is a magic
creature. Even its step
is full of music and
rhythm. You may not be a
horse rider, but when you
hear this song you will
always remember horses.3.
Kuda Yry: This wedding
song glorifies the
strength of the groom and
the beauty of his
Horse.4. Ezir-Kara
('Black Eagle'): This was
the name of a horse, who
became a legend through
his remarkable strength
and speed.It is not just
overtones that abound
here: there are galloping
rhythms aplenty, and
though I am no horse
rider I tried to keep the
horses galloping in my
imagination while
composing these
pieces.Christian Mason
(with quotes from Ay
Kherel and Alash
Ensemble)
World
premiere of the original
version: London/UK, May
10, 2016, World premiere
of the string orchestra
version:
Clermont-Ferrand/France,
October 8, 2020. $57.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Tuvan Songbook Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.EB-9244 Set of Parts. Composed ...(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc) SKU:
BR.EB-9244 Set of
Parts. Composed by
Christian Mason. Chamber
music; stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. World premiere
of the original version:
London, May 10, 2016World
premiere of the string
orchestra version:
Clermont-Ferrand, October
8, 2020. New music
(post-2000). Set of
parts. Composed
2016/2020. 92 pages.
Duration 19'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9244.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9244).
ISBN 9790004185445. 9
x 12 inches. It was
the practice of Khoomii
(throat singing) -
following several
workshops with Michael
Ormiston - that first
attracted me to Tuvan
music. Composing this
Songbook, the first in a
series commissioned by
the Ligeti Quartet, I
took the chance to
reflect on compositional
questions around
transcription and
arrangement of existing
music, and frequently
found myself asking:
where is the boundary
between the source
material and the new
substance? Of course the
relationship varies from
piece to piece, and
moment to moment:
sometimes we seem to
glimpse the pure source,
but most of the time
there are differing
degrees of distance,
working towards or away
from it. This new version
for string orchestra
corresponds closely to
the original quartet
version, with an
additional part for
double basses.The
traditional Tuvan songs
that I have transcribed
and recomposed are all
known to me from the Ay
Kherel CD The Music of
Tuva: Throat Singing and
Instruments from Central
Asia (2004, Arc Music).
According to the notes
from that CD, this is
what the songs are
about:1. Dyngylday: If
you have come on a horse
in blue, it doesn't mean
that you are the best. My
heart tells me something
else: my sweetheart
doesn't have such a
beautiful horse, but he
is my darling.An
alternative
interpretation from Alash
Ensemble
(alashensemble.com): The
word dyngylday is a
nonsense term with no
translation. The song
makes good-humored fun of
somebody for being a
good-for-nothing.2. Eki
Attar (The Best Steeds):
The horse is the basis of
our life. It is a magic
creature. Even its step
is full of music and
rhythm. You may not be a
horse rider, but when you
hear this song you will
always remember horses.3.
Kuda Yry: This wedding
song glorifies the
strength of the groom and
the beauty of his
Horse.4. Ezir-Kara
('Black Eagle'): This was
the name of a horse, who
became a legend through
his remarkable strength
and speed.It is not just
overtones that abound
here: there are galloping
rhythms aplenty, and
though I am no horse
rider I tried to keep the
horses galloping in my
imagination while
composing these
pieces.Christian Mason
(with quotes from Ay
Kherel and Alash
Ensemble)
World
premiere of the original
version: London/UK, May
10, 2016, World premiere
of the string orchestra
version:
Clermont-Ferrand/France,
October 8, 2020. $92.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Sardinian Songbook Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet SKU: BR.EB-9271 Composed by Christian Mason. Chamber music...(+)
String Quartet SKU:
BR.EB-9271 Composed
by Christian Mason.
Chamber music. Edition
Breitkopf. New music
(post-2000); Music
post-1945. Sheet Music.
Composed 2018. Duration
21'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 9271.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9271).
ISBN 9790004185711. 0
x 0 inches. I fell
in love with the
remarkable singing of the
Tenores di Bitti on
hearing their recordings
as a student. Their
uniquely intense vocal
timbre, their harmony,
which seemed pure and
rough at once, and the
sense that this music
was, at root, not so much
about performance as
simply being together in
the world, in a community
of spirit. At the time, I
had no intention of using
this music to my own
creative ends, but now,
here we are: Sardinian
Songbook is the second in
a cycle of works for the
Ligeti Quartet, all based
on transcriptions of
music from different
throat-singing
traditions. Like string
quartets, the tenores
usually sing in groups of
four voices, but being
free from instruments
they stand very close
together enabling the
resonances of their
voices to blend and
interact in a special
way. The quartet, of
course, can only sit so
close before their bows
clash, so I have chosen
instead to reflect this
physical closeness
inversely, by getting the
players to stand
increasingly far from one
another as the piece
progresses. In so doing,
the initial state of
sonic blend gives way to
hocketing lines, opening
up the sense of
space.Christian Mason,
2018 The four movements
may be played separately
or as a collection. If
played together the
following order should be
observed (see table of
contents).
World
premiere: Sheffield/UK,
Firth Hall, April 14,
2018, Commissioned by
Ligeti Quartet. $42.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Sardinian Songbook Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet SKU: BR.EB-9270 Composed by Christian Mason. Chamber music...(+)
String Quartet SKU:
BR.EB-9270 Composed
by Christian Mason.
Chamber music. Edition
Breitkopf. New music
(post-2000); Music
post-1945. Sheet Music.
Composed 2018. 28 pages.
Duration 21'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9270.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9270).
ISBN 9790004185704. 9
x 12 inches. I fell
in love with the
remarkable singing of the
Tenores di Bitti on
hearing their recordings
as a student. Their
uniquely intense vocal
timbre, their harmony,
which seemed pure and
rough at once, and the
sense that this music
was, at root, not so much
about performance as
simply being together in
the world, in a community
of spirit. At the time, I
had no intention of using
this music to my own
creative ends, but now,
here we are: Sardinian
Songbook is the second in
a cycle of works for the
Ligeti Quartet, all based
on transcriptions of
music from different
throat-singing
traditions. Like string
quartets, the tenores
usually sing in groups of
four voices, but being
free from instruments
they stand very close
together enabling the
resonances of their
voices to blend and
interact in a special
way. The quartet, of
course, can only sit so
close before their bows
clash, so I have chosen
instead to reflect this
physical closeness
inversely, by getting the
players to stand
increasingly far from one
another as the piece
progresses. In so doing,
the initial state of
sonic blend gives way to
hocketing lines, opening
up the sense of
space.Christian Mason,
2018 The four movements
may be played separately
or as a collection. If
played together the
following order should be
observed (see table of
contents).
World
premiere: Sheffield/UK,
Firth Hall, April 14,
2018, Commissioned by
Ligeti Quartet. $59.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Gran Torso Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Breitkopf & Härtel
String Quartet (2vl,va,vc) SKU: BR.KM-2261 Music for String Quartet(+)
String Quartet
(2vl,va,vc) SKU:
BR.KM-2261 Music
for String Quartet.
Composed by Helmut
Lachenmann. This edition:
2 Violins, Viola, Cello.
Chamber music; Folder.
Kammermusik-Bibliothek
(Chamber Music Library).
World premiere: Bremen
(pro musica nova), May 6,
1972Have a look into KM
2261. Music post-1945;
New music (post-2000).
Set of parts. Composed
1971/78/88. 112 pages.
Duration 23'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #KM 2261.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.KM-2261).
ISBN 9790004501658.
16.5 x 11.5
inches. Gran Torso,
for string quartet, was
composed in 1971 and
revised in 1978. It
belongs to a series of
works, including Air,
Kontrakadenz, Pression
and Klangschatten, whose
concept of material
attempts to free itself
from convention. That is,
instead of using the
sound itself as a point
of departure, structural
and formal hierarchies
are derived from the
mechanical and physical
conditions present during
the process of sound
production. It is clear
that such a radical break
with tradition is not
easily achieved: the
instrument, the given
means, the resonating
body itself (as the
embodiment of convention)
all work against such
attempts (with the
extended performance
techniques representing
only the tip of the
iceberg of deep-seated
contradictions where the
bourgeois artist is
concerned). Implicit in
such a challenge,
however, is a claim to
aesthetic pregnance: an
offer, if one would have
it, of uncomprosing
beauty.(Helmut
Lachenmann,
1978)CDs/LPs:Berner
StreichquartettCD col
legno 0647 277Berner
StreichquartettLP col
legno 5504Societa
Cameristica ItalianaLP
ABT ERZ 1003Arditti
String QuartetCD KAIROS,
0012662KAIstadler
quartettCD NEOS 10806The
JACK QuartetCD mode
267Stadler Quartett, Rg.
Caroline SiegersDVD NEOS
51001Bibliography:Alberma
n, David: Abnormal
Playing Techniques in the
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Lachenmann Music with
matches, hrsg. von Dan
Albertson, Contemporary
Music Review 24 (2005),
Vol. 1, pp.
39-51.Dulaney, Maxwell:
Continuing the Tradition
Untraditionally: Helmut
Lachenmann's
Restructuring of Musical
Dialectic through an
Analysis of his Three
String Quartets, and an
Original Composition,
Harmonic Concerto, Diss.
Brandeis University, MI
2013.Egger, Elisabeth:
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grossformalen Funktionen
des gepressten
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Wahrnehmungskunst.
Untersuchungen zu
Kompositionsmethodik und
Horasthetik bei Helmut
Lachenmann, hrsg. von
Christian Utz und Clemens
Gadenstatter (=
musik.theorien der
gegenwart 2),
Saarbrucken: Pfau 2008,
pp. 155-171.Hermann,
Matthias: Helmut
Lachenmann - Gran Torso,
in: Analyse Musik XX.
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Materialien zur
Musiktheorie 4),
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Peter: Die
Streichquartett Gran
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Helmut Lachenmann, in:
Lucerne Festival, Sommer
2005 Neuland,
Konzertprogramm 6, pp.
65-69.Houben, Eva-Maria:
Helmut Lachenmann: Gran
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2018, S. 208-212Lehmann,
Harry: Erhabenheit -
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Zur Asthetik der Neuen
Musik, in: Neue
Zeitschrift fur Musik 176
(2015), Heft 5, pp.
22-27.Mosch, Ulrich:
Kunst als Medium der
Ungeborgenheit.
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soziale Funktion des
Komponierens bei Helmut
Lachenmann, in:
Positionen 81 (November
2009), pp. 37-39.ders.:
Was heisst Interpretation
bei Helmut Lachenmanns
Streichquartett ,,Gran
Torso?, in: Wessen
Klange? Uber Autorschaft
in neue Musik, hrsg. Von
Hermann Danuser und
Matthias Kassel (=
Veroffentlichungen der
Paul Sacher Stiftung 12),
Mainz u.a.: Schott 2017,
S. 163-186Nonnenmann,
Rainer: Werke als
Schlussel zu Werken? Zur
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(November 2015), pp.
35-46.Stork, Astrid:
Materialbegriff und
Strukturdenken.
Untersuchungen zu den
Streichquartetten von
Helmut Lachenmann,
Magisterarbeit
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum
1992Tsao, Ming: Helmut
Lachenmann's Sound Types,
in: Perspectives of New
Music 52 (2014), Heft 1,
pp. 217-238.Velazquez,
Rossana Lara: Composicion
y escucha burguesa:
Principios de continuidad
y ruptura en el cuarteto
Gran Torso de Helmut
Lachenmann, Diss.
Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico
2011.Zenck, Martin: Die
mehrfache Codierung der
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hrsg. von Gabriele
Brandstetter und Sibylle
Peters, Munchen 2003, pp.
265-288.
World
premiere: Bremen (pro
musica nova), May 6,
1972. $132.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| Divergence for string quartet - Score & parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Fennica Gehrman
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-853-9 Composed by Lara Poe. C...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello SKU:
FG.55011-853-9
Composed by Lara Poe.
Classical, contemporary.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-853-9.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-853-9).
Lara Poe's (b.
1993) energetic
Divergence (2015-2016)
for string quartet was
conceived cyclically: the
four movements explore
drifting in and out of
focus between different
materials. A light ditty
of the second movement
diverges to the third
movement's overtone
derived
chords.
Duration:
c. 25'
This
product includes a set of
parts (violin I, violin
II, viola, violoncello)
and a score.
Lara
Poe is a Finnish-American
composer who is currently
based in London. Her
works have been performed
across a wide range of
venues throughout the US,
Europe, and Asia. Her
piece Kaamos, which she
wrote for the Lahti
Symphony Orchestra, was
recently nominated for a
Ivors Composer Award in
the Large Scale
Composition category.
Kaamos also was selected
by YLE Radio Finland to
represent Finland at the
International Rostrum of
Composers 2021 in
Belgrade, Serbia. Poe was
the 2019 Tanglewood Music
Patricia Plum Wilde
Fellow and represented
Finland at Ung Nordisk
Musik 2019 in Piteå.
She was also a 2018-2019
participant in the London
Symphony Orchestra's
Panufnik Scheme, where
she worked under the
guidance of Colin
Matthews and Christian
Mason. $48.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
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