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Timothy Salter : Shadows
"Shadows aims to evoke an atmosphere of mystery, of ideas hinted at rather than boldly stated. This mood is sustained throughout. In places, the musical material of all three instruments combines to form a single line, coloured by contrasting articulations. It is scored for piano with violin or clarinet and cello or bass clarinet, thus affording the possibility of performance with piano and strings, piano and clarinets or piano with a string and clarinet or bass clarinet."

Biography

Timothy Salter is a composer, conductor and pianist, whose works include instrumental, chamber and orchestral music, choral music and songs. He was born in Yorkshire and read music at St John's College, Cambridge. His numerous public and private commissions comprise concert music in many genres but also include incidental music for television. His compositions appear on several recording labels and have been broadcast throughout the world. As a pianist he performs with singers and instrumentalists in Britain and overseas. He is musical director of The Ionian Singers, with whom he records and performs internationally. He is a strong advocate of the composer-performer, believing that executant experience has an invaluable effect on composition. In pursuit of this philosophy he has written a substantial body of choral works and works including chorus, and much of his wide-ranging instrumental music has been written for colleague performers. He teaches composition at the Royal College of Music, where he is joint conductor of the Composers' Ensemble. As a composer and performer he has considerable experience in working with musicians, student and professional, on the performance of contemporary music. In 1995 he founded Usk Recordings for the promulgation of new music and neglected works from the past.

Other works of limited technical difficulty by Timothy Salter

Further information on Timothy Salter and his music is available at www.timothysalter.com