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new CD Release:
DIFFERENT STONES: CANADIAN MUSIC FOR MULTIPLE FLUTES
The Redshift Music Society's second CD, Different Stones: Canadian Music for Multiple Flutes, is now available, featuring flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor. Different Stones is available through the Canadian Music Centre and on itunes. This CD features new music for ten flutes by Canadian composers:
Marci Rabi
Different Stones features Mark McGregor performing all ten parts for each piece, which include flute, piccolo, alto flute and bass flute. The recording was made possible through generous assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts.
To listen to an excerpt from Kovark’s Dectet, click here
To listen to an excerpt from Maxwell’s diffusus, click here
About the CD:
In recent history, the “flute choir” has become a somewhat-forgotten ensemble, despite a rich history that dates back to the Renaissance. Different Stones: Canadian Music for Multiple Flutes is an exposé of music by Canada’s younger generation of composers, and a testament to the timbral diversity and expressive capacity of this often-neglected genre. The music of this CD boasts a wide range of styles and aesthetics: from the works of Nobles and Kovarik, which openly embrace traditional forms and harmony, to the more abstract and austere compositions by Butler, Rabe and Maxwell. Each piece is written for ten flutes, with many of these works utilizing piccolo, alto flute and bass flute, thus extending the range and timbre of the ensemble. For this recording, all ten parts have been multi-track recorded by flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor. Vancouver-based McGregor, "well on his way to becoming one of the world's leading flutists" (Georgia Straight), has been lauded as "a mind-blowing flutist" (Victoria Times Colonist) for performances that "verged on the superhuman" (Music in Victoria). For more information, please visit www.markmcgregor.ca