Music For Small Groups

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Music For Small Groups
Nigel Keay

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Music for Small Groups, a CD of chamber music by New Zealand native Nigel Keay, who has forged concurrent careers as composer, violist and conductor. Born in Palmerston North in 1955, Keay played viola in both the Dunedin Sinfonia and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, having held the position of composer-in-residence with the latter as well as at the University of Otago and the Nelson School of Music.

Since 1998 Keay has been a resident of Paris where he is active as a free-lance violist and composer, regularly performing with some of the finest players the city has to offer.

Five works are included on the CD: the Trio for clarinet, viola and piano Adagietto Antique (2009); Variations on a Theme from At the Hawk's Well for piano trio (2001); the Duo for violin and viola Visconti Variations (2008); his second String Quartet (1995); and Terrestrial Mirror for flute, viola and harp (2004). Keay plays viola on the first and last of these and produced the recordings of the other three works.

Tracks:

Trio For Clarinet, Viola & Piano 'Adagietto Antique' (2007-2009)
1 I. Adagietto Antique 4:33
2 II. Allegro Moderato 5:09
3 III. (Crotchet=112) 1:58
4 IV. Adagio 4:44
Erika Bliznik (Clarinet), Nigel Keay (Viola), Jeffrey Grice (Piano)

5 Variations on a Theme from 'At The Hawk's Well' for Piano Trio (2001) 8:56
Anastasiya Filippochkina (Violin), Gabriel Casalis (Cello), Debra Takakjian (Piano).

Duo For Violin & Viola 'Visconti Variations' (2008)
6 I. Lento 2:47
7 II. Allegro 1:50
8 III. Adagietto 3:38
9 IV. Allegro Moderato 1:49
Simone Roggen (Violin), Cyprien Busolini (Viola).

String Quartet No. 2 (1995)
10 I. Tempo Giusto 4:55
11 II. Lento Ed Espressivo 5:51
12 III. Moderato 5:40
Eugene Lee (Violin 1), Charmian Keay (Violin 2), Joe Ichinose (Viola), Gabriel Casalis (Cello).

Terrestrial Mirror for Flute, Viola & Harp (2004)
13 I. Moderato 5:17
14 II. Larghissimo/Moderato/Larghissimo 6:25
15 III. Allegretto 4:40
Paolo Vignaroli (Flute), Nigel Keay (Viola), Delphine Latil (Harp).
Paolo Vignaroli (Flute), Nigel Keay (Viola), Delphine Latil (Harp).