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Arraymusic’s mission is to ignite and sustain a passion for contemporary Canadian musical art within an international, interdisciplinary context.
Celestial Machine was the first recording entirely devoted to the music of Vancouver, Canada, composer Owen Underhill. This CD collects works of varied instrumentation completed between 1984 and 1999.
Mr. Underhill writes: "I have long been fascinated by the unusual and poetic place-names for lunar features which were created by Johannes Ricciocoli in the mid-17th century. One such name is the 'Bay of Dew' or 'Sinus Roris' in Latin. The 'Bay of Dew' is in fact a crater on the moon, but in my mind, I envisaged a tiny body of water that had been entirely created by the gradual collection of precious drops of dew as they formulated in the early morning hours."
In 2010 flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor asked seven Canadian composers to write a work for solo flute, each inspired by one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Dedication
six pieces for solo piano
Keyboard, Piano, One Keyboard, Two Hands
Strings, Bowed, Solo/Ensemble, Quartet (2 Violin/Viola/Cello)
Keyboard, Piano, One Keyboard, Two Hands
Love songs
for a cappella choir
Choral (9 with Voices), A Capella
Partita
for solo marimba
Percussion, Solo/Ensemble, No Keyboard
Choral (9 with Voices), A Capella
Mixed Chamber Ensemble (1 to 9 Performers), Quintets, Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion, Keyboard/Plectral Strings
Orchestra/Large Ensemble, Full Orchestra (20 or more)
The celestial machine
for flute, violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord
Mixed Chamber Ensemble (1 to 9 Performers), Quartets, Woodwinds, Keyboard/Bowed Strings
Solo Voice, with Full Orchestra
Keyboard, Accordion, One Keyboard, Two Hands
Strings, Bowed, with Keyboard, Trio (Violin/Cello/Keyboard)
Swizzle stick
for clarinet, trumpet, 2 percussion, piano and double bass
Mixed Chamber Ensemble (1 to 9 Performers), Sextets, Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion, Keyboard/Bowed Strings
Escalator
for flute, oboe or English horn, violin, cello, piano (4 hands) and percussion
Mixed Chamber Ensemble (1 to 9 Performers), Septets, Woodwinds/Percussion, Keyboard/Bowed Strings
Bay of Dew
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
Woodwinds, with Keyboard, Misc. Septets, Octets, Nonets with Keyboard
Calico
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola and cello
Mixed Chamber Ensemble (1 to 9 Performers), Octets, Woodwinds/Brass, Bowed Strings
Orchestra/Large Ensemble, Full Orchestra (20 or more)
Hinge: version B
for piano, flute or piccolo, oboe or English horn, bass clarinet, percussion, violin, cello and bass
Mixed Chamber Ensemble (1 to 9 Performers), Octets, Woodwinds/Percussion, Keyboard/Bowed Strings
Strings, Bowed, Solo/Ensemble, Quartet (2 Violin/Viola/Cello)
Choral (9 with Voices), with Solo Instrument, Keyboards
Trombone quintet
for trombone and string quartet
Mixed Chamber Ensemble (1 to 9 Performers), Quintets, Brass, Bowed Strings
Mixed Chamber Ensemble (1 to 9 Performers), Octets, Woodwinds/Percussion, Keyboard/Bowed StringsGo to Top
