Christian Mason

Isolarion III is a transcription and recomposition of my orchestral work Isolarion: Rituals of Resonance (2013), which was itself an elaboration and expansion of an earlier brass quintet. This piece r...

Based on three piano pieces of the same names, these movements for piano quintet may be performed separately or as a collection, (in which case they should be played in the given order). Though each p...

The present piece is a wind trio reduction of my ensemble piece In Time Entwined, In Space Enlaced (2008), which was in turn an expansion of an original trio for bass flute, cor anglais and viola. Thr...

It was the practice of Khöömii (throat singing) - following several workshops with Michael Ormiston - that first attracted me to Tuvan music. Composing this 'Songbook,' the first in a series commissio...

It was the practice of Khöömii (throat singing) - following several workshops with Michael Ormiston - that first attracted me to Tuvan music. Composing this 'Songbook,' the first in a series commissio...

Als Student hörte ich Aufnahmen der Tenores di Bitti und verliebte mich in ihren bemerkenswerten Gesang - ihr einzigartig intensives Timbre, ihr Zusammenklang, der zugleich rein und rau schien, und da...

Als Student hörte ich Aufnahmen der Tenores di Bitti und verliebte mich in ihren bemerkenswerten Gesang - ihr einzigartig intensives Timbre, ihr Zusammenklang, der zugleich rein und rau schien, und da...

Commissioned by the Kölner Philharmonie (KölnMusik) for the 'non bthvn projekt' 2020 and the Cité de la musique / Philharmonie de Paris Dedicated to Arditti Quartet Each movement of this quartet explo...

Jeder Satz dieses Quartettes erforscht einen einzigen Zustand, sein Licht und sein Schatten. Jeder Satz - so könnte man sagen - ist ein Augenblick. Und jeder dieser Augenblicke könnte eine längere ode...

World premiere: Paris/France, Musée du Louvre, October 14, 2011 In Learning Self-Modulation, two musicians take us on a journey of transformation and change of perspective. Instead of remaining in opp...

Based on three piano pieces of the same names, these movements for piano quintet may be performed separately or as a collection, (in which case they should be played in the given order). Though each p...

One of my favourite pieces of music as a child - and I still love it - was Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet. It was partly the wonderful music, of course, so light-hearted and joyful on the surface, yet wit...