Alan
Fraser - Composer
I supose you could
say that given my small output, composing is a hobby for me. However, I
feel it is an essential part of my overall musical process. Having discovered
how difficult it is to compose even a few small pages of real worth, my
admiration, nay, reverence for the great composers has grown many times
over. Herbert Howells and the Rennaisance masters are the inspiration for
my choral works, and I have tried to head in the direction of a new tonal
language not by abandoning tonality but by having it go in new directions
without losing intelligibility and formal coherence.
Completed
Works
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on the links to see the composer's commentary, vocal texts, sample pages
of the scores, and to listen to sound files of works that have been recorded.
Choral
Works
An
Anglican Mass for Megan in C, Op. 2(1987)
(in the original English text – 1959 Anglican prayerbook, or in Latin)
- first performance April 5 1997 at Pollack Concert Hall, Montreal: Capella
Nuova directed by Iwan Edwards
Magnificat
in D flat major, Op. 6 (1996) (Latin
text)
Missa Brevis,
Op. 7
- for unison congregational singing with organ accompaniment in A minor
(English
text from the ASB)
- for unison congregational singing with organ accompaniment in A minor
(Latin)
- for 4 voice choir with organ accompaniment in D minor (English text
from the ASB)
Two
Songs for Solo Voice with Piano Accompaniment
Dragging
for Traps, Op. 1 (1979
- poetry by Milton Acorn)
Piano
Works
prelude in B
minor, Op. 4
(1996-99)
prelude
and fugue in C, Op. 8
Ravel's
Bolero, arr. for piano solo
Adagio for Strings,
Op. 11:
Piano transcription of Samuel Barber's work for chamber orchestra
Have a look at the score:page
1 of 4 page 2
of 4
3 Arrangements
for string quartet, Op. 9
Go tell it on
the Mountain(spiritual)
Have a look at the score: page
1 of 6 page
2 of 6 page
3 of 6
When a Child
is Born (with
trumpet solo – written for Paul Merkulo)
Noels
d’Autrefois (with solo voice – a la Charles Aznavour with accompaniment
in the style of Eleanor Rigby)
- recorded by Le Quator Artur Leblanc on Amberola Records
Listen
to Recordings of these Arrangements
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