Carla Rees - alto flute

Sheet music available from Tetractys Publishing (versions for alto flute or C flute/bass flute available)

http://www.tetractys.co.uk/photo_10010205.html - alto flute version
http://www.tetractys.co.uk/photo_11820983.html - bass flute version


JS Bach arr. Carla Rees - Sarabande from Cello Suite No 2

Dedicated to my dear friend and composer, Sadie Harrison

This is a timecode-supported polytemporal composition

Duration circa: 16 minutes

World premiere in Berlin of 'but rather it stems from a complex interplay' (2023) for Treble Recorder, Cor anglais, Viola, and Double Bass with XelmYa (Sylvia Hinz, Blockflöten, Freddi Börnchen, Cor Anglais, Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska, Viola, and Georgios Kokkinaris, Kontrabass) at ‘Breakdown’, Unerhörte Musik Mehringdamm 34, 10961 Berlin, Germany.



but rather it stems from a complex interplay

I'm delighted to share this video recording of ‘Invention No. 4’ from ‘Four Inventions for Lauryna’ (2023), composed for and dedicated to my dear friend and pianist, the fabulous Lauryna Sableviciute. Lauryna premiered the piece on 17th August at the Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester, alongside William Byrd’s Pavan – ‘The Earl of Salisbury’, earning widespread praise. She recorded this splendid video shortly thereafter. 

I’m truly overjoyed with Lauryna’s performance. Her masterful balance of the intricate motific inner voices and the flowing upper and lower passages brings remarkable clarity, expressiveness and heart to the piece. This fills me with joy. Lauryna is eager to perform the remaining inventions in the future.

For more information and to view part of the score, please visit https://composersedition.com/marc-yeats-four-inventions-for-lauryna/
https://lauryna.co.uk/


‘Invention No. 4’ from ‘Four Inventions for Lauryna’ (2023).

Live at Alte Feuerwache Köln in March 2024 //
Premiere of ‘Scaradh anama le corp’. Such an honour to write for the wonderful Fukio Quartet. Special thanks to Kulturstiftung NRW for their support in this new commission.

Scaradh anama le corp (Separation of body from soul)

String Quartet for Double Bass, Cello, Viola, Violin (Quartet Page Blanche). Live recording from the Deal Festival 2025. Supported by the Diaphonique Fund and Marchus Trust.

5. Esprit Submerge III

3. Esprit Submerge II

2. Esprit Submerge Intermezzo I

4. Esprit Submerge Intermezzo II

1. Esprit Submerge I

Kelvin snippet

In February 2012 students and schoolchildren in Valencia, Spain took to the streets to protest
brutal austerity cuts to schools imposed by a regional government rife with corruption scandals.
These students, who had, in some cases been wearing blankets in their classrooms because
the schools couldn’t afford heating, took to Xàtiva Street to voice their discontent only to be
brutally attacked by the police with batons, rubber bullets, and teargas. Originally for brass and
percussion, this ‘protest fanfare’ was originally premiered in the Palau de la Musica, Valencia in
front of an audience that included supporters of the police and austerity measures.

This version for orchestra is a complete reimagining of the piece and is written the London
Symphony Orchestra, who I had the pleasure of conducting on the occasion of the Nonclassical Label’s 20th anniversary. Thanks to Gabriel Prokofiev for producing this live recording mix from the orchestral premiere in 2024.

Photo credit: KAI FÖRSTERLING (EFE)

Xàtiva Street (extract)

rarescale is a flexible-instrumentation contemporary chamber music ensemble, which since its formation by Carla Rees in 2003 has gained an international reputation for its work promoting and creating new repertoire for alto and bass flute. 

The group performs regularly in the UK and abroad and has international links with several composers. Since its formation, rarescale has premiered several hundred new works, including many written specifically for the ensemble.

rarescale runs an annual masterclass course for composers and instrumentalists, and records for its own label, with five discs currently available. Many of the pieces composed for rarescale are published by Tetractys Publishing