Matthew Peterson In The Beginning

An Inner Sky

I. l(a leaf falls)oneliness

Mårten Falk, gitarr, uruppför Matthew Petersons "Peregrinations". Inspelning från Grünewladsalen under Svensk Musikvår den 21 mars 2018. Konserten arrangerades av Samtida Musik i samarbete med Svensk Musikvår.
Inspelat av Mattias Hållsten.

Matthew Peterson - Peregrinations, Mårten Falk, gitarr

"Vingar, Virvlar" was commissioned by Linn Persson and Kristin Uglar.

In this piece, the title "Vingar,Virvlar" (wings, vortices) works on a number of levels, not least in describing the sound and shape of the music. Together, the saxophones parts build single flowing lines, which climb upwards through a series of canonic treatments.The saxophones often switch parts in the line, like migrating birds in flight switching position.

Saxophone is a soaring, beautifully resonant and vocal instrument, the sound somehow is appropriately matched to an image of great birds in flight.

Vingar, Virvlar

Cantate Domino (2018), motet for SATB a cappella chorus commissioned by Sofia Vokalensemble.

Recording: Sofia Vokalensemble, Bengt Ollén conducting
Stockholm, 21 October 2018

Cantate Domino

Great grandmother sketch v.1 mix 1

Matthew Peterson (b. 1984) writes music that explores frontiers of sound and expression. He has composed over sixty works commissioned and performed by orchestras, choirs, opera companies, chamber ensembles, and soloists around the world. He lives in Dalarna, Sweden.

Vingar, Virvlar

composer Matthew Peterson

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