june 2008
Change of postal address: SCQ should now be contacted at 4 Florida Crescent, Glasgow G42 8XE
june 2007
We now have a Myspace page: please
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april 2007
Music written for the Songs of the Earth project (see below) by Iain McLarty is to be used as part of the soundtrack to a new Italian film, Le pere di Adamo, from Guido Chiesa.
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god of doors
Matthew Rogers' third work
for SCQ after timewave zero
and hum mantra, scored for
four
clarinets and trombone. As in
the earlier works, the players have a high degree of creative control
in the
realisation of the piece, which includes aleatoric and
quasi-improvisatory
material. god of doors is
named after the Roman god Janus and is inspired by
ideas of
transition, with the trombone included as the 'catalyst for change'.
SCQ and Matthew Rogers
gratefully acknowledge financial support from the PRS-Foundation and
Britten-Pears Trust.
Launch: 1st
July 2006 at The Crypt,
Camberwell, London SE5, featuring George
Murray (trombone)
An innovative audiovisual synthesis of
cutting edge contemporary music for four bass clarinets and intensely
beautiful images from the Isle of Skye taken by photographer Terry
Williams. Grants were awarded by the Scottish Arts Council (Lottery
Funded), Hope Scott Trust and RWV Trust to commission works from
Stephen Davismoon, David Fennessy, Anna Meredith and Sadie Harrison.
Other contributing composers were Gareth Churchill, Andrew McEwan, Iain
McLarty and Oliver Searle.
David Fennessy's composition 'Confetti Medley - Slowing down study', was shortlisted for the Gaudeamus Prize 2006.
The photographic collections may be viewed at Terry Williams' website .
Short excerpts of selected works may be listened to by clicking on the linked images (outlined in red/blue depending on your browser).
© images copyright Terry Williams (www.terrywilliams-photographer.co.uk)
© audio recordings copyright Scottish Clarinet Quartet
Launch: 11th
April
2006 at
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, nr Armadale, Isle of Skye
This page last updated 23/06/2008