Nicholas Maw

Eine von insgesamt zwei höchst wirkungsvolle und unterhaltsame Sammlungen von Unsinnsgedichten (in englischer Sprache), die von Nicholas Maw in Musik umgesetzt wurden. Die Texte sind in der Hauptsache...

The work's title, 'Music of Memory', refers to the long-term memory of a golden age (and the corresponding hope that it can continue to nourish our own art) represented by the Mendelssohn; the short-t...

. . . a sequence of dances which make up a vigorous rhythmic romp, brilliantly written for the instruments. Edward Greenfield, The Guardian, 25th July 1991 Instrumentation: 3(II=afl.III=picc).3.Ebcl(=...

. . . the happy surprise, of his Little Concert. . . beneath the graceful long lines and jig-like spurts of a solo part expressly written for Melinda Maxwell, Maw finds time and space enough to draw q...

Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).3.3.3 - 4331 - timp - perc(2/3): SD/TD/BD/cyms/tamb/susp.cym/whip/tgl/unspecified tuned perc - (pno) - strings Nicholas Maw Summer Dances Summer Dances was commissioned by...

With its rich textures bubbling with activity, not unlike Janácek thrilling at nature's evergreen renewal, the piece seeks to put into music `the energy and beauty of spring'. It is an approachable ex...

It is written to please and does not put a foot wrong, as it dances energetically along to some singable themes, with invigorating rhythms, cast in a clear structure, and above all flourishing a maste...

Instrumentation: 2(II=afl+picc).2(II=ca).2.2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - perc(2): vib/SD/TD/BD/cyms/susp.cym/tam-t/c.bells/t.bells/tamb/whip/tgl - harp - strings

Also available from Nicholas Maw: Swete Jesu (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) £2.50 Three Hymns (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) £4.99 One Foot In Eden (Mixed Voices) £3.50

Based on a melodic text, Swete Jesu was written for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge in 1992 for their annual carol service.

Five Epigrams arranged for unaccompanied SATB are set to Robert Burns' poems.

A Winter Landscape (from 'Little Suite For Guitar'), composed by Nicholas Maw. Arranged for classical guitar solo in digital sheet music format.

Stamping Dance, composed by Nicholas Maw and arranged for classical guitar solo in digital sheet music format.

Reflection, composed by Nicholas Maw and arranged for classical guitar solo in digital sheet music format.

Song, composed by Nicholas Maw and arranged for classical guitar solo in digital sheet music format.

. . . a concerto of extraordinary beauty, a union of vitality and reflection. . . The concerto is wonderful to listen to, inspired in language and in its palette of instrumental colourings... Geoffrey...

An instant classic, a piece that will immediately touch and move people'. Sir Simon Rattle on Sophie's Choice, Instrumentation: 3 (III=picc).3 (III=ca).3(III=Ebcl).3(III=cbsn) - 5.3.2.1 - timp - perc...

A sequence of dances which make up a vigorous rhythmic romp, brilliantly written for the instruments.' The Guardian (Edward Greenfield), 25th July 1991

Maw's Trio is a work of huge confidence, scope and scale, properly compared in the accompanying notes to Fauré in its ample melodic sweep. Indeed, has there been a finer piano trio since Shostakovich?...

'The Coull Quartet has brought into the world a work that will retain a place in the repertoire… a string quartet of exceptionally high quality … the motivation in an inspired surge...

'The Coull Quartet has brought into the world a work that will retain a place in the repertoire… a string quartet of exceptionally high quality … the motivation in an inspired surge...

'…one of the most rewarding additions to the medium in many a year … both the succinctness and logic of the writing have an almost Beethoven cut.' Daily Telegraph (Alan Blyth), 1...