Rowson: Quintet / Blythwood Winds
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blythwoodwinds Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/blythwoodwinds Instagram: https://instagram.com/blythwoodwinds Blythwood Winds Timothy Crouch, flute Elizabeth Eccleston, oboe Anthony Thompson, clarinet Curtis Vander Hyden, horn Michael Macaulay, bassoon Performed and recorded live by Alison J. Gray at The Music Gallery in Toronto on April 13, 2015. Quintet for Winds My Quintet for Winds is a single movement work that lasts about 9 minutes in performance. It consists of two primary parts: a slow, contemplative beginning which plays with the layering of thematic materials and the instrumental colours of the wind instruments. It also features the oboe in a solo that links all the melodic fragments together. After a truncated reiteration of these opening themes, the piece suddenly begins afresh with a syncopated allegro that uses as its unfolding idea, the constant shifting of metric patterns within the framework of a simple meter. The result has the players having to play against the barline, and continually shifting between duple and triple meters. In an accelerated coda, the French horn restates the opening melody of the first part, against the flourishing passagework of the rest of the quintet. This piece was written for the Blythwood Winds. Born in Canada in 1977, William Rowson holds a Doctor of Music degree in composition from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. His composition teachers include Ned Rorem, George Tsontakis, Peter Paul Koprowski and Gary Kulesha. Mr. Rowsons’ works have been performed by orchestras and ensembles across Canada and the US. His chamber music has been programmed by the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, the Niagara on the Lake International Chamber Music Festival, the Brott Music Festival and has been broadcast on the CBC. Orchestras that have recently programmed his works include the National Academy Orchestra of Canada, the McGill Chamber Orchestra and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. In addition to composing, William is an active conductor. He is a regular guest with Toronto’s Talisker Players and is the principal conductor of the Mooredale Youth Orchestra as well as the Hart House Orchestra at the University of Toronto.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blythwoodwinds Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/blythwoodwinds Instagram: https://instagram.com/blythwoodwinds Blythwood Winds Timothy Crouch, flute Elizabeth Eccleston, oboe Anthony Thompson, clarinet Curtis Vander Hyden, horn Michael Macaulay, bassoon Performed and recorded live by Alison J. Gray at The Music Gallery in Toronto on April 13, 2015. Quintet for Winds My Quintet for Winds is a single movement work that lasts about 9 minutes in performance. It consists of two primary parts: a slow, contemplative beginning which plays with the layering of thematic materials and the instrumental colours of the wind instruments. It also features the oboe in a solo that links all the melodic fragments together. After a truncated reiteration of these opening themes, the piece suddenly begins afresh with a syncopated allegro that uses as its unfolding idea, the constant shifting of metric patterns within the framework of a simple meter. The result has the players having to play against the barline, and continually shifting between duple and triple meters. In an accelerated coda, the French horn restates the opening melody of the first part, against the flourishing passagework of the rest of the quintet. This piece was written for the Blythwood Winds. Born in Canada in 1977, William Rowson holds a Doctor of Music degree in composition from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. His composition teachers include Ned Rorem, George Tsontakis, Peter Paul Koprowski and Gary Kulesha. Mr. Rowsons’ works have been performed by orchestras and ensembles across Canada and the US. His chamber music has been programmed by the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, the Niagara on the Lake International Chamber Music Festival, the Brott Music Festival and has been broadcast on the CBC. Orchestras that have recently programmed his works include the National Academy Orchestra of Canada, the McGill Chamber Orchestra and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. In addition to composing, William is an active conductor. He is a regular guest with Toronto’s Talisker Players and is the principal conductor of the Mooredale Youth Orchestra as well as the Hart House Orchestra at the University of Toronto.