Askell Masson

This work is about shadows, expressed in the form of musical images, of such things as colours, images from the past, and the interplay of shadows between the soloist and the ensemble as well as withi...

Snare Drum and Orchestra or Brass Band or Wind Band or Piano or Percussion Ensemble. Genaue Besetzung: Orchestra version: 2.2.2.2 - 6 (horn 5 & 6 ad lib.).2.3.1 - 3 percussion, timpani(4), strings The...

Für Klarinette und Handtrommel.

Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Klavier, Mezzosopran, Violine, Cello und Kontrabass

Das Werk beginnt mit einer tonalen Einleitung mit gebrochenen Akkorden, nach der sich eine quasi romantische Melodie entwickelt, die Träumereien suggeriert. Es folgt ein chromatischer kontrapunktische...

This Quintet was commissioned by the Swedish woodwind quintet 'Quintessence' and the music organisation 'Musik i Kronoberg'. The musical material includes quotations from two ancient Icelandic folk me...

This Quintet was commissioned by the Swedish woodwind quintet 'Quintessence' and the music organisation 'Musik i Kronoberg'. The musical material includes quotations from two ancient Icelandic folk me...

Chamber Orchestra Genaue Besetzung: 1(picc).1.1(bcl).1(cbs). - 1.0.0.0. - strings

Chamber Orchestra Genaue Besetzung: 1(picc).1(eh).1(bcl).1(cbs). - 1.1(picc,flg).0.0. - percussion (1) - piano - strings

Maes Howe is a large sepulchral mound in the Orkney Islands of northern Scotland, containing a long passage that leads to a rectangular central burial chamber whose walls hold small vaults. Built some...

Blik [Gleam] is a work by Icelandic composer Askell Masson, inspired by and written in 1979 for clarinet virtuoso Einar Johannesson. The six minute long piece covers the complete range of the instrume...