This month we bring you piano works by our latest signing Gordon Crosse, a second large batch from Richard Pantcheff, another set of works from Gustavo Díaz-Jerez plus more from Philip Cashian, Camden Reeves, Linda Catlin Smith and Jack Van Zandt.
Philip Cashian
Gordon Crosse
Gordon Crosse : L’Isle Heureuse
etude or piano solo
To the Lawson family – Peter, Ariane and Annabelle.
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez : Canciones de Garajonay
for voice and piano
Settings of Belinda Sánchez Mozo poems
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez : Critical Strip
for string quartet
A woven musical discourse exploring one of the most important yet unsolved mathematical mysteries: The Reimann Hypothesis
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez : La casa imaginaria
an opera in one act
A tale of finding refuge from life’s hard realities in imagination. Libretto by Pilar Mateos
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez : Partita
for marimba, vibraphone, percussion, viola d’amore and piano
I Praeambulum
II Ricercare
III Corrente
IV Aria
V Toccata
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez : Ricercare
for viola d’amore and string orchestra
Arrangement for viola d’amore and piano of the Ricercare from the Partita for viola d’amore, three percussionists and piano
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez : Sidhe
for violin, viola, violoncello and piano four-hands
Inspired by the poetry of Belinda Sánchez Mozo and dedicated to the Orfeo Trio
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez : Shanti
for string quartet
Shanti, a Sanskrit word meaning “peace”, takes inspiration from the homonymous poem by Spanish poet Rafael Arozarena
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez : Tiamat
for violin, viola, violoncello, double bass and piano
9-minute single movement work
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez : Two Nakshatras
for solo guitar
Written for American guitarist Adam Levin and inspired by Hindu astronomy
Vic Hoyland
Vic Hoyland : E si fussi pisci un altro per DJB: perché
for seven performers
Setting of Sicilian text (275 Vitalora) for three vocalists
Kevin Malone
Kevin Malone : Eighteen Minutes (version for high-pitch basses)
concerto for two solo double basses and strings
Charged response to the airplane collisions into the two towers of the World Trade Center, New York USA on 11 September 2001. Premiered in Kiev, Ukraine and recorded by the New world Ensemble. Naxos chose Eighteen Minutes for its Top 15 Must-Listen list out of 2 million tracks.
Kevin Malone : Eighteen Minutes (version for concert-pitch basses)
concerto for two solo double basses and strings
Charged response to the airplane collisions into the two towers of the World Trade Center, New York USA on 11 September 2001. Premiered in Kiev, Ukraine and recorded by the New world Ensemble. Naxos chose Eighteen Minutes for its Top 15 Must-Listen list out of 2 million tracks.
Mario Pagotto
Mario Pagotto : Nell’Aere
Inferno #5 (ballet)
Video of performance from Mittelfest 2017 published this month (view here)
Mario Pagotto : Theós
cantata su testi di ispirazione sacra – a spiritual cantata
Cantata drawing on a range of Mystical and religious texts. Performance video published this month (view here)
Richard Pantcheff
Richard Pantcheff : “…the field long-slept in pastoral green…”
for solo violoncello
This work was specially commissioned by Michael Katz, cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the United States, and has been written for him to record and put online during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Richard Pantcheff : A Christmas Carol
for SATB choir and organ
Premiered by the choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg
Richard Pantcheff : A Christmas Jubilate
for solo organ
First performed by the composer on the organ of St Edward’s School, Oxford
Richard Pantcheff : The ‘Alderney’ Evening Canticles
for SATB choir with optional organ
Commissioned for the Choir of St. Anne’s Church, Alderney, Channel Islands
Richard Pantcheff : Come, My Beloved
for SATB choir
Commissioned by the Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford
Richard Pantcheff : Crown with love, Lord, this glad day
for SATB choir unaccompanied
Premiered in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Richard Pantcheff : Diptych for Derek Cooper
for solo organ
Premiered by the composer on the organ of Johannesburg City Hall
Richard Pantcheff : Domine Exaudi
for SATB choir and organ
Commissioned for the St George’s Chamber Choir, Johannesburg
Richard Pantcheff : Evening Canticles – ‘Berlin’
for SATB choir unaccompanied
Commissioned by The English Choir, Berlin
Richard Pantcheff : Evening Canticles – St. Paul’s
for ATB choir and organ
Commissioned for John Scott and the Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
Richard Pantcheff : Easter Introit
for SATB choir unaccompanied
Premiered in the version for SSA by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt
Richard Pantcheff : Eternal light doth now appear
for SATB choir and piano
Commissioned for the Bristol Bach Choir
Richard Pantcheff : The ‘Frankfurt’ Evening Canticles
for SATB choir unaccompanied
Commissioned by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt
Richard Pantcheff : Five Elizabethan Lyrics
for AATTBB choir unaccompanied
Commissioned for the Clerks of Christ Church, Oxford
Richard Pantcheff : Four Poems of Stephen Crane
for SATB choir and piano
Commissioned by the Rand Club Chamber Music Series
Richard Pantcheff : The Gardens of Love
a setting of English poems for solo violin and narrator
Commissioned for the inaugural English Music Festival, South Africa
Richard Pantcheff : Introduction and Allegro No.1
for solo violin and solo violoncello
For Miro Chakaryan and Wessel Beukes and premiered by them at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series
Richard Pantcheff : Introduction and Allegro No.2
for two violins
For Zanta Hofmeyr and Miro Chakaryan. Premiered by them at The Theatre on the Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
Richard Pantcheff : Introduction and Allegro No.3
for piano trio
Commissioned by The Lee Trio, Premiered by them at the Musikhochschule, Leipzig
Richard Pantcheff : Missa Brevis (Opus 83B – Latin Edition)
for SATB choir and organ
Commissioned (English edition) for the Choir of St George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg
Richard Pantcheff : Missa Magdalenensis
for SATB choir and organ
Commissioned for the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Richard Pantcheff : Mass of St. George
for unison voices and organ
Commissioned for the Choir of St George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg
Richard Pantcheff : Psalm 91 – ‘Qui habitat’
for SATB choir and organ
Commissioned by Josef Langermann
Richard Pantcheff : Suite for Organ
for solo organ
Commissioned for Clive Driskill-Smith. Premiered by him in the Leeds International Concert Series
Richard Pantcheff : Spirit of Mercy
for SATB choir and organ
Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at St. Francis’ Anglican Church, Johannesburg
Richard Pantcheff : Sonata for Viola and Piano
‘Chorale’ Sonata
Opus 61. Premiered in the version for Cello and Piano at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series by Susan Mouton and Annalien Ball,
Richard Pantcheff : Twelve Anglo-Saxon Sentences
for solo voices and organ
Commissioned for the St George’s Chamber Choir, Johannesburg, South Africa
Richard Pantcheff : Te Deum Laudamus
for ATB choir with organ
Commissioned by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Richard Pantcheff : Two Short Pieces for Organ
for solo organ
Premiered by Alexander Eadon on the organ of St. Saviour’s Church, Eastbourne
Richard Pantcheff : The ‘Salisbury’ Responses
for SSS choir unaccompanied
Commissioned for the Girls’ Choir of Salisbury Cathedral.
Richard Pantcheff : The ‘Whitchurch’ Evening Canticles
for SATB choir and organ
Commissioned for the Choir of All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire
Richard Pantcheff : What shall we offer Thee?
for SATB choir and piano
Premiered at the Wakkerstroom Music Festival, South Africa, by Vocal Scholars from the Royal Academy of Music, London.
Camden Reeves
Camden Reeves : Nocturnes
for solo piano
Five movements conjuring a sequence of images inspired by all things nocturnal. Contrasting, but with points of unity and a cyclical form of a singular narrative.
Linda Catlin Smith
Linda Catlin Smith : Thought and Desire
for solo piano with optional singing part
Text : Shakespeare’s Sonnet 45.
A quiet, intimate love song, reflecting on a long partnership between two people, and between these sides of ourselves
Jack Van Zandt
Jack Van Zandt : El Oro de los Tigres
for soprano, clarinet, harp and cello
Setting of Jorge Luis Borges influenced by the 1950s-1960s works of Luigi Dallapiccola
Jack Van Zandt : Ukiyo-e
Four Pictures from Japan for solo cello
Inspired by Japanese woodblock prints and paintings of the 17th – 19th centuries
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