| Bright Ferment - String Quartet No. 2 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Fennica Gehrman
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. $54.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| 'S mo lamh air a stiuir Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones Advance Music
4 Saxophones SATBar/AATBar SKU: AP.1-ADV7622 Folksong from the Hebride...(+)
4 Saxophones
SATBar/AATBar SKU:
AP.1-ADV7622
Folksong from the
Hebrides (for
SATBar/AATBar Saxophone
Quartet). Arranged by
Frank Reinshagen.
Quartet; Solo Small
Ensembles; Woodwind -
Saxophone Quartet.
Advance Music. Folk;
Traditional. Score and
Part(s). Advance Music
#01-ADV7622. Published by
Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV7622). UPC:
805095076226. English.
Traditional. Writin
g these arrangements,
Frank Reinshagen has
created little
masterpieces, which
broaden the rhythmical
and harmonic context of
the original tunes in an
interesting manner
without detracting from
their archaic and
melancholic character.
These original tunes have
been borrowed from the
Irish, Scottish, and
Gaelic musical tradition.
These through-composed
arrangements are rather
easy to perform from the
rhythmical and technical
point of view, yet they
are quite demanding in
respect of the key they
are written in, their
intonation and,
especially, their
interpretation. Their
different
instrumentations are
fully compatible with
each other and, due to
their overall structure,
they are also suitable to
be played with
multi-scored parts. The
interpretation of 'S mo
lamh air a stiuir---the
song of a helmsman living
on the Isle of
Skye---should be
interpreted with the
musicians paying careful
attention to its dynamics
and phrasing, which
reflect the up-and-down
motion of the stormy
Artic Ocean. For this
arrangement the key D
minor---which is one
whole tone lower than the
original---has been
chosen to make sure that
the piece is playable,
especially for a clarinet
quartet. $19.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| 'S mo lamh air a stiuir Quatuor de Clarinettes: 4 clarinettes Advance Music
4 Clarinets SKU: AP.1-ADV8416 Folksong from the Hebrides (for Clarinet...(+)
4 Clarinets SKU:
AP.1-ADV8416
Folksong from the
Hebrides (for Clarinet
Quartet). Arranged by
Frank Reinshagen.
Quartet; Solo Small
Ensembles; Woodwind -
Clarinet Quartet. Advance
Music. Folk; Traditional.
Score and Part(s).
Advance Music
#01-ADV8416. Published by
Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV8416). UPC:
805095084160. English.
Traditional. Writin
g these arrangements,
Frank Reinshagen has
created little
masterpieces, which
broaden the rhythmical
and harmonic context of
the original tunes in an
interesting manner
without detracting from
their archaic and
melancholic character.
These original tunes have
been borrowed from the
Irish, Scottish, and
Gaelic musical tradition.
These through-composed
arrangements are rather
easy to perform from the
rhythmical and technical
point of view, yet they
are quite demanding in
respect of the key they
are written in, their
intonation and,
especially, their
interpretation. Their
different
instrumentations are
fully compatible with
each other and, due to
their overall structure,
they are also suitable to
be played with
multi-scored parts. The
interpretation of 'S mo
lamh air a stiuir---the
song of a helmsman living
on the Isle of
Skye---should be
interpreted with the
musicians paying careful
attention to its dynamics
and phrasing, which
reflect the up-and-down
motion of the stormy
Arctic Ocean. For this
arrangement, the key D
minor, which is one whole
tone lower than the
original, has been chosen
to make sure that the
piece is playable,
especially for a clarinet
quartet. $19.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Winter Soundscapes Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Faber Music Limited
Composed by Mary Cohen. Quartet; Solo Small Ensembles; String Quartet. Faber Edi...(+)
Composed by Mary Cohen.
Quartet; Solo Small
Ensembles; String
Quartet. Faber Edition.
Christmas; Winter.
Part(s). Faber Music
#12-0571520766. Published
by Faber Music
$16.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
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