David Matthews: Music For Solo Violin, Volume Two
David Matthews and Peter Sheppard Skærved have been collaborating on a series of works for violin 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. And behind all the pyrotechnics, this collaboration is generating one of the largest, and most musically rewarding, body of compositions for solo violin by any living composer.
Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin
Listen To This Recording:
- Fantasia on Paganini’s Second Violin Concerto, Op. 147, No. 1 (2007)
- I. Lento
- II. Poco con moto
- III. Poco andante
- No. 1, Munro’s Song
- No. 2, The Two Cuckoos
- No. 3, Whipbird in the Rainforest
- No. 4, The Butcher Bird
- I. Quasi Cadenza
- II. Prestissimo
- III. Lento flessibile
- IV. Allegro non troppo
- The National Anthem (2007)
- Song Thrush Fragment (2004)
- Birthday Piece for Richard (2012)
- An Album Leaf for Sally (2009)
- Not Farewell (2003)
- No. 1, C major, Lento
- No. 2, C minor, Molto animato
- No. 3, G major, Con moto
- No. 4, G minor, Allegro
- No. 5, D major, Andante
- No. 6, D minor, Andante
- No. 7, A major, Andante festive
- No. 8, A minor, Andante
- No. 9, E major, Poco con moto
- No. 10, E minor, Maestoso
- No. 11, E flat major, Andante grazioso
- No. 12, F sharp minor, Luminoso
- No. 13, F major, Leggiero e cantando
- No. 14, B minor, Gently flowing
- No. 15, B flat major, Allegro moderato
Three Chants, Op. 138 (1997/2009):
Four Australian Birds, Op. 84a (2000-4)
Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 8 (1974–75)
Fifteen Preludes for solo violin, Op. 132 (2007-14)
