Two new works by Carson Cooman

Musik Fabrik has just published two new works by Carson Cooman : Quidnet Shadows for flugelhorn and harp and A Robertsbridge Estampie for piano

Quidnet Shadows (2009) for flugelhorn and harp is dedicated to Chris Gekker. The title refers to Quidnet, a region of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. This work is one of a variety of pieces deeply connected to the landscape of Nantucket. Specifically, it is music inspired by beach shadows cast in evening light. A ritornello opens the piece and returns twice. In between these ritornelli are two mobiles, in which the music of the ritornello is developed in a freely, shadowing discourse between the two instruments. The work is available in our brass music catalog. and in our harp music catalog.

A Robertsbridge Estampie (2010) for piano was written for Jeffrey Grossman. It is a concert piano transcription of an anonymous estampie from the Robertsbridge Codex (c. 1360), the earliest surviving collection of music explicitly written for keyboard (likely a portative organ). The medieval two and three voice original is re-imagined in the context of the style and technique of the modern piano. The work is available in our piano music catalog.

Three Choral works by Carson Cooman on texts by Elizabeth Kirschner

Three choral works by Carson
Cooman on texts by Elizabeth
Kirschner have just been published by Musik Fabrik.

• A Difficult Miracle (Op. 861) (2010) (14 min) was written
  for Anne Watson Born and the Sanctuary Choir of the First Unitarian
  Society in Newton, Massachusetts and is scored for SATB Chorus,
  Soprano and Baritone Soloists, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano


• In the Midst of Wild Being (Op. 745) (2007) (10 min)
  was commissioned by the King's Chapel Concert Series, Heinrich Christensen,
  director, and Choral Arts New England in memory of Daniel Pinkham
  (1923-2006)and is scored for SATB Chorus, Horn, and Harp


• The Litany of Light (Op. 737) (2007) (13 min) was commissioned
  by The Memorial Church at Harvard University in celebration of its
  75th anniversary (1932-2007) and dedicated to the Harvard University
  Choir, Edward Elwyn Jones, Gund University Organist and Choirmaster.
  The work is scored for SATB Choir, Baritone and Soprano Soloists,
  Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ. The work may be heard at the
  composer's
  website.

All of these works are available from our vocal
music catalog.