David Matthews: Music for Solo Violin and Viola, Volume Three
David Matthews and Peter Sheppard Skærved have been collaborating on a series of works for violin and viola for many years now, with Matthews setting Sheppard Skærved formidable technical challenges, and Sheppard Skærved surprising Matthews by finding a way to overcome the difficulties in his path. Behind all the pyrotechnics, this partnership is generating one of the largest, and most musically rewarding, body of compositions for violin and viola by any living composer. Many of Matthews’ pieces record his experience of nature or offer tributes to friends, with the works heard in this third volume also tracing a journey from darkness to light.
Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin and viola
Listen To This Recording:
- Fantasia for Viola, Op. 5 No. 1 (1970, rev. 2003) (8:52)
- Darkness Draws In for Viola, Op. 102 (2006) (8:26)
Arctic Suite for Viola, Op. 172 (2024) (10:14)
- I. First Northern Song (1:34)
- II. Mountains (2:26)
- III. Northern Lights (2:50)
- IV. Snow (1:46)
- V. Second Northern Song (1:38)
Three Birthday Pieces for Violin, Op. 167 (2023) (11:20)
- No. 1, For John Carewe (3:36)
- No. 2, For Robin Walker (4:14)
- No. 3, For William Howard (3:30)
Six Fantasias for Violin, Op. 147 Nos. 2-6 (2017) (17:43)
- No. 2, Capriccio – Fantasia (3:07)
- No. 3, Brno Fantasia (3:21)
- No. 4, Sibeliad (1:48)
- No. 5, Fantasia on Rachmaninov’s Prelude in G minor (3:38)
- No. 6, Midwinter Song (5:49)
- Dancing Shiva for Violin, Op. 160a (14:11)
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