Altas Piedras
Details Duration (min): 13 Instrumentation: bassoon and digital audio Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Commissioned by Wendy Holdaway and the Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (gracias a Rodrigo Sigal) First performance: May 9, 2012 Morelia, Mexico CMMAS Bassoon Festival Wendy Holdaway, bassoon Title from Octavio Paz: Ustica (from Piedra del […]
Sky Rings
Details Duration (min): 14 Instrumentation: clarinet and digital audio Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Sky Rings is a work for clarinet and digital audio by Canadian composer Michael Matthews. It was commissioned by clarinettist Esther Lamneck. The title is taken from a poem by Dennis Cooley. winter is when snakes turn into garter belts […]
Into Its Own Shadow
Details Duration (min): 20 Instrumentation: flutes (fl., a.fl., b.fl.), bass clarinet, piano and digital audio Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes The first draft of Into Its Own Shadow was written during February and March of 2008, when I was an invited artist at the Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras in Morelia. […]
De Reflejo a Fulgor
Details Duration (min): 16 Instrumentation: piano and digital audio Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Commissioned by the Mexican Center for Music and Sonic Arts for pianist Duane Cochran. Perdido en las transparancias voy de reflejo a fulgor, pero no veo al sol. Octavio Paz
Away, Tear Away
Details Duration (min): 15 Instrumentation: Woodwind Quintet and Tape Recordings Sueños de una America Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Mexico City Woodwind Quintet Program Notes The bulk of Away, Tear Away was written between June and September of 2003. The title was inspired by a fragment of the poem Spell Against Sorrow, by British poet […]
On the Outer Edge
Details Duration (min): 5 Instrumentation: Tape Recordings Cult Figures Presence III Program Notes The title is from a poem by Fernando Pessoa. “Bright bugle of morning on the outer edge/Of the horizon’s cold half circle/Tenuous distant bugle like hazy flags/Unfurled beyond where colors are visible…” On the Outer Edge was realized in my studio in Winnipeg. […]
Vertical Garden
Details Duration (min): 9 Instrumentation: Flute and Tape Recordings Flying Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Alejandro Escuer, Flute Program Notes Vertical Garden by Canadian composer Michael Matthews is a work for solo flute and digital audio. The title of the piece comes from the poem The Mummy by the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935). […]
expecting/the sun
Details Duration (min): 13 Instrumentation: Soprano, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Violin, Piano and AXIO Controller Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes expecting the sun by Canadian composer Michael Matthews. This work was commissioned by Ensemble Resonance for their 2000/2001 season. The commission was made possible with financial assistance from the Canada Council. Many thanks to Dennis […]
…of the rolling worlds
Details Duration (min): 12 Instrumentation: Bass Clarinet and Tape Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Program Notes …of the rolling worlds by Canadian composer Michael Matthews The title of this piece comes from a poem by the Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938). SIERRA An invisible hand silently caresses the sad pulp of the rolling […]
In Emptiness, Over Emptiness
Details Duration (min): 12 Instrumentation: Soprano, Tape, Live Electronics Recordings The International Computer Music Association commission awards, 1994-96 Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Therese Costes – soprano Program Notes I wish Plants in the fields Could talk – They must have tears! They must have songs! Tekkan Yosano (1873-1935) To hatch a crow, […]