Graham Waterhouse
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Graham Waterhouse is an English composer and a cellist. He is known for chamber music and for unusual scoring, such as Piccolo Quintet
, Bright Angel
for three bassoon
s and contrabassoon
, Chieftain's Salute for Great Highland Bagpipe
and string orchestra
, and works for speaking voice and cello, such as Der Handschuh
.
, the son of noted bassoonist/musicologist William Waterhouse. He studied music at the University of Cambridge
(composition with Hugh Wood
and Robin Holloway
), and in Germany at the Folkwang Hochschule (cello with Young-Chang Cho
) and Hochschule für Musik Köln
(cello, with Maria Kliegel
, conducting and piano). He has lived in Munich
since 1992.
He has received commissions by the International Double Reed Society
(IDRS), the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
, Munich Biennale
, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Estado de Mexico
, and the Park Lane Group (London), among others. His compositions have earned prizes at competitions of Münchener Tonkünstlerverband (1996) and of Via Nova in Weimar (2000).
He has performed as the soloist of his Cello Concerto op. 27 in Mexico City (1995), Nizhny Novgorod, Weimar, Baden-Baden, St. Martin, Idstein
(version for chamber orchestra, 2005), and Cambridge (2008).
In 2001 he was the composer in residence of Solisten der Kammerphilharmonie Berlin, in 2006 he was artiste en residence in Albertville
, France
, and in 2008 he was Musician By-Fellow at Churchill College
, University of Cambridge.
He has worked with Ensemble Modern
and participated in the concert tour 2001 of the Ensemble Modern Orchestra under Pierre Boulez
. He has also performed with the ensembles musikFabrik
and Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
.
As a composer and a performer, he is mostly dedicated to chamber music
, and he has co-founded several chamber ensembles, including the Vuillaume-Cello-Ensemble playing instruments built by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. He established a regular chamber music concert series at Gasteig
Munich, programming contemporary works alongside works from the classical repertory. Players for his chamber music concerts have included members of the Münchner Philharmoniker, such as bassoonist Lyndon Watts
. Waterhouse has collaborated with the composers Jens Josef
(flute) and Rudi Spring
(piano). They appeared together in a trio concert at the Gasteig
, performing Martinů
's trio, the premiere of the flute version of Gestural Variations
, and a Christmas carol
by each composer, In dulci jubilo
set by Waterhouse. The song Im Gebirg (The Mountain) on a poem of Hans Krieger
for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, cello and piano, was premiered at the Gasteig in 2010 by Martina Koppelstetter, Jens Josef
, the composer and Christopher White. In a concert The Proud Bassoon in Wigmore Hall
, celebrating his father on 16 April 2011, he performed as a cellist, and two works he had written in memory of his father, Epitaphium
and Bright Angel
, received their premiere in the UK
. In a concert concluding the Gasteig's Liszt Festival to honour the 200th birthday of Franz Liszt
, his chamber music scored for piano solo up to piano and string quartet
appeared in the context of pieces in similar settings by Liszt, with soloist Valentina Babor
. In 2011, he composed a Christmas cantata
on a text by Krieger.
His compositions reflect the individual capacity and character of players and instruments from piccolo
to contrabassoon
, even unusual ones such as the heckelphone
or didgeridoo
. He scored Chieftain's Salute for Great Highland Bagpipe
and string orchestra, Hale Bopp
, inspired by Comet Hale-Bopp
, for string orchestra with boy soprano
, and The Akond of Swat (after a nonsense-poem by Edward Lear
) for a tenor bassoon made to order for the performer Richard Moore, bassoon, and piano.
He also wrote several compositions for cello and speaking voice, based on literature as diverse as limerick
(Vezza), ballad
(Der Handschuh
) and drama
(Das Hexen-Einmaleins), which he is able to play and recite himself.
He has lectured on contemporary music
at the yearly Komponisten-Colloquium of the University of Oldenburg, initiated by Violeta Dinescu
.
Several of his pieces have been composed for the competition Jugend musiziert
and performed at the prize winners' concerts.
The first publisher of his works was the Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag
, beginning with Aztec Ceremonies and Three Pieces for Solo Cello in 1996. His music appeared also with Zimmermann
and Robert Lienau
in Frankfurt, Heinrichshofen in Wilhelmshaven, and others.
His music has been recorded, notably on Portrait (2001) with works for piano, clarinet and cello, and Portrait 2 (2004) with music for string orchestra, played by the English Chamber Orchestra
, and for wind ensemble, played by Endymion.
single works:
Piccolo Quintet
Piccolo Quintet is short for the Quintet op. 26 of Graham Waterhouse, composed in 1989 for piccolo and string quartet and published by Zimmermann in 2002 as Quintet for piccolo, 2 violins, viola and violoncello.- History :...
, Bright Angel
Bright Angel (Waterhouse)
Bright Angel is a composition for three bassoons and contrabassoon by Graham Waterhouse. It was composed in 2008 for the annual conference of the International Double Reed Society.- History :...
for three bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
s and contrabassoon
Contrabassoon
The contrabassoon, also known as the double bassoon or double-bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon, sounding an octave lower...
, Chieftain's Salute for Great Highland Bagpipe
Great Highland Bagpipe
The Great Highland Bagpipe is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland. It has achieved widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world. It is closely related to the Great Irish Warpipes....
and string orchestra
String orchestra
A string orchestra is an orchestra composed solely or primarily of instruments from the string family. These instruments are the violin, the viola, the cello, the double bass , the piano, the harp, and sometimes percussion...
, and works for speaking voice and cello, such as Der Handschuh
Der Handschuh (Waterhouse)
Der Handschuh is a composition by Graham Waterhouse. He wrote the setting of Schiller's ballad for cello and speaking voice in 2005...
.
Career
Graham Waterhouse was born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, the son of noted bassoonist/musicologist William Waterhouse. He studied music at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
(composition with Hugh Wood
Hugh Wood
Hugh Wood is a British composer.- Biography :While Wood was brought up in a musical family, it was only after graduating in History from Oxford that he decided to dedicate his energies to composition; and he moved to London in 1954 to study with William Lloyd Webber, Anthony Milner, Iain Hamilton,...
and Robin Holloway
Robin Holloway
Robin Greville Holloway is an English composer.-Early life:From 1952 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral...
), and in Germany at the Folkwang Hochschule (cello with Young-Chang Cho
Young-Chang Cho
Young-Chang Cho is a Korean classical cellist teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany's Ruhr Area.- Biography :Young-Chang Cho was born in Seoul in 1958. He started cello lessons at the age of eight...
) and Hochschule für Musik Köln
Hochschule für Musik Köln
The Cologne University of Music is a music college in Cologne, and Germany's largest academy of music.-History:The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln...
(cello, with Maria Kliegel
Maria Kliegel
-Professional career:Kliegel was born in Dillenburg, Hesse. She studied under Janos Starker starting at the age of 19. She won first prize at the American College Competition, First German Music Competition and Concours Aldo Parisot, and was also the Grand Prize winner at the 2nd Mstislav...
, conducting and piano). He has lived in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
since 1992.
He has received commissions by the International Double Reed Society
International Double Reed Society
The International Double Reed Society is a Finksburg, Maryland-based organization that promotes the interests of double reed players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts....
(IDRS), the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne is a Swiss chamber orchestra based in Lausanne, Switzerland.The violinist and conductor Victor Desarzens founded the orchestra in 1942, and served as its first artistic director for 30 years...
, Munich Biennale
Munich Biennale
The Munich Biennale is an opera festival in the city of Munich. The full German name is Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater, literally: International Festival for New Music Theater. The biennial festival was created in 1988 by Hans Werner Henze and is held in even-numbered years over...
, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival is a classical music festival held every year in summer time all over the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany....
, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Estado de Mexico
National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)
The National Symphony Orchestra is the most important classical music and symphonic ensemble in Mexico. With its origins traced back as 1881, it is the second oldest symphony orchestra in the American continent along with the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
, and the Park Lane Group (London), among others. His compositions have earned prizes at competitions of Münchener Tonkünstlerverband (1996) and of Via Nova in Weimar (2000).
He has performed as the soloist of his Cello Concerto op. 27 in Mexico City (1995), Nizhny Novgorod, Weimar, Baden-Baden, St. Martin, Idstein
St. Martin, Idstein
St. Martin in Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, is the church of the local Roman Catholic parish. The official name is Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martin. The parish is part of the Diocese of Limburg...
(version for chamber orchestra, 2005), and Cambridge (2008).
In 2001 he was the composer in residence of Solisten der Kammerphilharmonie Berlin, in 2006 he was artiste en residence in Albertville
Albertville
Albertville is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics.-Geography:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, and in 2008 he was Musician By-Fellow at Churchill College
Churchill College, Cambridge
Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.In 1958, a Trust was established with Sir Winston Churchill as its Chairman of Trustees, to build and endow a college for 60 fellows and 540 Students as a national and Commonwealth memorial to Winston Churchill; its...
, University of Cambridge.
He has worked with Ensemble Modern
Ensemble Modern
Ensemble Modern is a chamber ensemble dedicated to the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries....
and participated in the concert tour 2001 of the Ensemble Modern Orchestra under Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...
. He has also performed with the ensembles musikFabrik
Musikfabrik
The musikFabrik is an ensemble for contemporary music located in Cologne. Their official name is: musikFabrik Landesensemble NRW e.V. .-Overview:...
and Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, also known as KNM Berlin, is a music ensemble for contemporary music based in Berlin, Germany.The ensemble was founded in 1988 in then East Berlin by students of the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"...
.
As a composer and a performer, he is mostly dedicated to chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
, and he has co-founded several chamber ensembles, including the Vuillaume-Cello-Ensemble playing instruments built by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. He established a regular chamber music concert series at Gasteig
Gasteig
Gasteig is a cultural center in Munich, opened in 1985, which hosts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. The Richard Strauss Conservatory, the Volkshochschule, and the municipal library are all located in the Gasteig...
Munich, programming contemporary works alongside works from the classical repertory. Players for his chamber music concerts have included members of the Münchner Philharmoniker, such as bassoonist Lyndon Watts
Lyndon Watts
Lyndon Watts is an Australian bassoonist. He is principal bassoonist of the Münchner Philharmoniker and an academic teacher.-Professional career:...
. Waterhouse has collaborated with the composers Jens Josef
Jens Josef
Jens Josef is a German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic.- Career :Jens Josef received flute instructions from Rita Eggenweiler and Klaus Grünow, principal flute of the Staatstheater Kassel, and took composition classes with Jörn Tegtmeyer, the director of church music of Hann...
(flute) and Rudi Spring
Rudi Spring
Rudi Spring is a German composer of classical music, pianist and academic. He is known for vocal compositions on texts by poets and his own, and for chamber music such as his three Chamber Symphonies.- Professional career :...
(piano). They appeared together in a trio concert at the Gasteig
Gasteig
Gasteig is a cultural center in Munich, opened in 1985, which hosts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. The Richard Strauss Conservatory, the Volkshochschule, and the municipal library are all located in the Gasteig...
, performing Martinů
Bohuslav Martinu
Bohuslav Martinů was a prolific Czech composer of modern classical music. He was of Czech and Rumanian ancestry. Martinů wrote six symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. Martinů became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic...
's trio, the premiere of the flute version of Gestural Variations
Gestural Variations
Gestural Variations op. 43 is a trio composition of Graham Waterhouse in 1997 originally for oboe, bassoon and piano. Later versions are scored for clarinet, cello and piano and flute, cello and piano .-Movements:...
, and a Christmas carol
Christmas carol
A Christmas carol is a carol whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas or the winter season in general and which are traditionally sung in the period before Christmas.-History:...
by each composer, In dulci jubilo
In Dulci Jubilo
In dulci jubilo is a traditional Christmas carol. In its original setting, the carol is a macaronic text of German and Latin dating from the Middle Ages. Subsequent translations into English, such as J.M...
set by Waterhouse. The song Im Gebirg (The Mountain) on a poem of Hans Krieger
Hans Krieger
Hans Krieger is a German writer, essayist, journalist of influential weekly papers such as Die Zeit, broadcaster and poet. He lives and works in Munich.-Life:...
for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, cello and piano, was premiered at the Gasteig in 2010 by Martina Koppelstetter, Jens Josef
Jens Josef
Jens Josef is a German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic.- Career :Jens Josef received flute instructions from Rita Eggenweiler and Klaus Grünow, principal flute of the Staatstheater Kassel, and took composition classes with Jörn Tegtmeyer, the director of church music of Hann...
, the composer and Christopher White. In a concert The Proud Bassoon in Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall is a leading international recital venue that specialises in hosting performances of chamber music and is best known for classical recitals of piano, song and instrumental music. It is located at 36 Wigmore Street, London, UK and was built to provide London with a venue that was both...
, celebrating his father on 16 April 2011, he performed as a cellist, and two works he had written in memory of his father, Epitaphium
Epitaphium
Epitaphium is a composition for string trio by Graham Waterhouse. In 2007, after the death of his father William Waterhouse, he composed Epitaphium In Memoriam W.R.W. as a tribute to his memory.- History :...
and Bright Angel
Bright Angel (Waterhouse)
Bright Angel is a composition for three bassoons and contrabassoon by Graham Waterhouse. It was composed in 2008 for the annual conference of the International Double Reed Society.- History :...
, received their premiere in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. In a concert concluding the Gasteig's Liszt Festival to honour the 200th birthday of Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
, his chamber music scored for piano solo up to piano and string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
appeared in the context of pieces in similar settings by Liszt, with soloist Valentina Babor
Valentina Babor
Valentina Babor is a German classical pianist. She began performing before audiences and winning youth competitions as a child. At 12, she was accepted by Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Mozarteum, where she became part of the university's "Initiative Hochbegabten-Förderung", a program for highly...
. In 2011, he composed a Christmas cantata
Cantata
A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....
on a text by Krieger.
His compositions reflect the individual capacity and character of players and instruments from piccolo
Piccolo
The piccolo is a half-size flute, and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. The piccolo has the same fingerings as its larger sibling, the standard transverse flute, but the sound it produces is an octave higher than written...
to contrabassoon
Contrabassoon
The contrabassoon, also known as the double bassoon or double-bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon, sounding an octave lower...
, even unusual ones such as the heckelphone
Heckelphone
The heckelphone is a musical instrument invented by Wilhelm Heckel and his sons. Introduced in 1904, it is similar to the oboe but pitched an octave lower.-General characteristics:...
or didgeridoo
Didgeridoo
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...
. He scored Chieftain's Salute for Great Highland Bagpipe
Great Highland Bagpipe
The Great Highland Bagpipe is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland. It has achieved widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world. It is closely related to the Great Irish Warpipes....
and string orchestra, Hale Bopp
Celtic Voices and Hale Bopp
Celtic Voices and Hale Bopp op. 36 are two independent compositions of Graham Waterhouse for string orchestra, which were published together in 1998 by Hofmeister, Leipzig. Celtic Voices was written in 1995, Hale Bopp was written in 1997 inspired by Comet Hale-Bopp, and scored for an additional boy...
, inspired by Comet Hale-Bopp
Comet Hale-Bopp
Comet Hale–Bopp was perhaps the most widely observed comet of the 20th century, and one of the brightest seen for many decades...
, for string orchestra with boy soprano
Boy soprano
A boy soprano is a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range. Although a treble, or choirboy, may also be considered to be a boy soprano, the more colloquial term boy soprano is generally only used for boys who sing, perform, or record as soloists, and who may not necessarily...
, and The Akond of Swat (after a nonsense-poem by Edward Lear
Edward Lear
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.-Biography:...
) for a tenor bassoon made to order for the performer Richard Moore, bassoon, and piano.
He also wrote several compositions for cello and speaking voice, based on literature as diverse as limerick
Limerick (poetry)
A limerick is a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem, especially one in five-line or meter with a strict rhyme scheme , which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The form can be found in England as of the early years of the 18th century...
(Vezza), ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
(Der Handschuh
Der Handschuh (Waterhouse)
Der Handschuh is a composition by Graham Waterhouse. He wrote the setting of Schiller's ballad for cello and speaking voice in 2005...
) and drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
(Das Hexen-Einmaleins), which he is able to play and recite himself.
He has lectured on contemporary music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
at the yearly Komponisten-Colloquium of the University of Oldenburg, initiated by Violeta Dinescu
Violeta Dinescu
Violeta Dinescu is a Romanian composer, pianist and professor, living in Germany since 1982.-Romania:Violeta Dinescu began her studies of music in 1972 at the conservatory Ciprian Porumbescu in Bucharest, composition with Myriam Marbe. In 1978 she received her master's degree, with distinction...
.
Several of his pieces have been composed for the competition Jugend musiziert
Jugend musiziert
thumb|German stamp: 25 years of "Jugend musiziert"Jugend musiziert is a music competition for children and adolescents in Germany on regional, federal and national level.-Jugend musiziert in Germany:...
and performed at the prize winners' concerts.
The first publisher of his works was the Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag
Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag
Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag is a publisher of classical music, founded by Friedrich Hofmeister in Leipzig in 1807. Early listings included composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. Hofmeister was the first to publish Mahler's Second Symphony. Pedagogical works, such as...
, beginning with Aztec Ceremonies and Three Pieces for Solo Cello in 1996. His music appeared also with Zimmermann
Zimmermann (publisher)
Musikverlag Zimmermann is a German music publisher that claims to be the first specialized publisher for instrumental methods. Until 1933, it was also a manufacturer of brass, string, wind musical instruments as well as mechanical musical instruments....
and Robert Lienau
Robert Lienau
Robert Lienau was a German music sheet publisher, who in 1864 acquired the publishing firm founded by Adolf Martin Schlesinger in Berlin in 1810, and gave the company his own name. He moved the main offices of the firm to Frankfurt am Main....
in Frankfurt, Heinrichshofen in Wilhelmshaven, and others.
His music has been recorded, notably on Portrait (2001) with works for piano, clarinet and cello, and Portrait 2 (2004) with music for string orchestra, played by the English Chamber Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
The English Chamber Orchestra is a British chamber orchestra based in London. The full orchestra regularly plays concerts at Cadogan Hall, and the ECO Ensemble performs at Wigmore Hall...
, and for wind ensemble, played by Endymion.
Selected works
- Variations on a Theme by Pachelbel op. 6 for organ
- Scherzino op. 24/2 for piano, published 2006 in Piano Album
- Hungarian Polyphony op. 25 for string quartet
- Piccolo QuintetPiccolo QuintetPiccolo Quintet is short for the Quintet op. 26 of Graham Waterhouse, composed in 1989 for piccolo and string quartet and published by Zimmermann in 2002 as Quintet for piccolo, 2 violins, viola and violoncello.- History :...
op. 26 - Cello Concerto op. 27
- Three Pieces for Solo Cello op. 28, dedicated to Siegfried PalmSiegfried PalmSiegfried Palm was a German cellist who is known worldwide for his interpretations of contemporary music. Many 20th-century composers like Kagel, Ligeti, Xenakis, Penderecki and Zimmermann wrote music for him....
- Mouvements d’Harmonie op. 29 for wind ensemble, dedicated to William Waterhouse
- Nonet op. 30 for wind quintet, string trio and double bass
- Chieftain's Salute op. 34a for Great Highland Bagpipe and string orchestra
- Four Epigraphs after Escher op. 35 for heckelphone, viola and piano – after drawings by M. C. EscherM. C. EscherMaurits Cornelis Escher , usually referred to as M. C. Escher , was a Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints...
- Vezza, Limerick for cello and speaking voice, Whether the weather be hot – as a German would pronounce it
- Celtic Voices and Hale BoppCeltic Voices and Hale BoppCeltic Voices and Hale Bopp op. 36 are two independent compositions of Graham Waterhouse for string orchestra, which were published together in 1998 by Hofmeister, Leipzig. Celtic Voices was written in 1995, Hale Bopp was written in 1997 inspired by Comet Hale-Bopp, and scored for an additional boy...
op. 36/2 for string orchestra with obbligato treble voice - Aztec Ceremonies op. 37 for contrabassoon and piano, premiered IDRS 1995, Rotterdam
- Kreuzverhör for flute, oboe and string trio, premiered at the Munich BiennaleMunich BiennaleThe Munich Biennale is an opera festival in the city of Munich. The full German name is Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater, literally: International Festival for New Music Theater. The biennial festival was created in 1988 by Hans Werner Henze and is held in even-numbered years over...
1998 - Ode to an Australian Forebear op. 38 for flute, marimba, cello and didgeridoo
- Gestural VariationsGestural VariationsGestural Variations op. 43 is a trio composition of Graham Waterhouse in 1997 originally for oboe, bassoon and piano. Later versions are scored for clarinet, cello and piano and flute, cello and piano .-Movements:...
op. 43 for oboe, bassoon and piano, prize-winner at Via Nova in Weimar (2000) - Diplo-Diversions op. 44 for bassoon and piano, premiered at the IDRS Congress 1998
- Hexenreigen op. 45 for bassoon quartet
- Hymnus op. 49 for wind ensemble
- Bei NachtBei NachtBei Nacht , op. 50, is a piano trio, composed in 1999 by Graham Waterhouse, published by Hofmeister, Leipzig.-Composition:Bei Nacht was written in 1999 for the Kandinsky Trio of Illinois to be performed at the University of Illinois...
(At Night) op. 50 for piano trioPiano trioA piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music...
, inspired by a painting of KandinskyWassily KandinskyWassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely-abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics...
, Nacht - Sinfonietta op. 54 for string orchestra
- Threnody for cello solo, published as Music against Terrorism and Violence
- Bassoon QuintetBassoon QuintetBassoon Quintet is short for the Quintet of Graham Waterhouse, composed in 2003 for bassoon and string quartet.- History :...
, premiered in Munich 2003, revised 2011 - Sechs späteste Lieder after HölderlinFriedrich HölderlinJohann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin was a major German lyric poet, commonly associated with the artistic movement known as Romanticism. Hölderlin was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism, particularly his early association with and philosophical influence on his...
for mezzo-soprano and cello - Sicilian Air for flute and piano
- Der HandschuhDer Handschuh (Waterhouse)Der Handschuh is a composition by Graham Waterhouse. He wrote the setting of Schiller's ballad for cello and speaking voice in 2005...
(The Glove), the balladDer HandschuhDer Handschuh is a ballad by Friedrich Schiller, written in 1797, the year of his friendly ballad competition with Goethe.-History:...
by Friedrich SchillerFriedrich SchillerJohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
, for cello and speaking voice - Das Hexen-Einmaleins (The Witches' One-Times-One), after GoetheJohann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
(Faust Part One, Witch's Kitchen), for cello and speaking voice - Belsatzar after HeineHeinrich HeineChristian Johann Heinrich Heine was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century. He was also a journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder by composers such as Robert Schumann...
for speaking voice and cello - Bright AngelBright Angel (Waterhouse)Bright Angel is a composition for three bassoons and contrabassoon by Graham Waterhouse. It was composed in 2008 for the annual conference of the International Double Reed Society.- History :...
for three bassoons and contrabassoon, premiered IDRS 2008, Provo, Utah, referring to the Bright Angel TrailBright Angel TrailThe Bright Angel Trail is a hiking trail located in Grand Canyon National Park in the U.S. state of Arizona.-Access:The trail is accessed by the mule corral, as seen here:-Description:... - Phoenix Arising for bassoon and piano, Tribute to William Waterhouse, premiered in London 2009
- EpitaphiumEpitaphiumEpitaphium is a composition for string trio by Graham Waterhouse. In 2007, after the death of his father William Waterhouse, he composed Epitaphium In Memoriam W.R.W. as a tribute to his memory.- History :...
In Memoriam W.R.W. for string trio, premiered in Munich 2009 - The Akond of Swat (after a poem by Edward Lear) for tenor bassoon, bassoon and piano, premiered IDRS 2009, Birmingham
- Canto Notturno for piano trio, premiered in Munich 2009
- Chinese Whispers for string quartet, premiered in Preston 2010
- Im Gebirg on a poem of Hans KriegerHans KriegerHans Krieger is a German writer, essayist, journalist of influential weekly papers such as Die Zeit, broadcaster and poet. He lives and works in Munich.-Life:...
for alto, alto fluteAlto fluteThe alto flute is a type of Western concert flute, a musical instrument in the woodwind family. It is the next extension downward of the C flute after the flûte d'amour. It is characterized by its distinct, mellow tone in the lower portion of its range...
, cello and piano, premiered in Munich 2010 - Der Werwolf and The Banshee on a poem of Christian MorgensternChristian MorgensternChristian Otto Josef Wolfgang Morgenstern was a German author and poet from Munich. Morgenstern married Margareta Gosebruch von Liechtenstern on March 7, 1910...
for speaking voice and cello - Zeichenstaub for string trio, premiered in ArnstadtArnstadtArnstadt is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, situated on the Gera River. It is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia and is nicknamed Das Tor zum Thüringer Wald, The Gate to the Thuringian Forest....
2010 - Maśniaki, Recollections from the Tatra Mountains for Solo Violin, premiered in Munich 2011
- Concerto da camera for cello and ensemble, premiered in Munich 2011
- Rhapsodie Macabre for piano and string quartet, premiered in Munich 2011
- Hosianna! Freue dich, Christenheit!, Christmas cantata on a text of Hans KriegerHans KriegerHans Krieger is a German writer, essayist, journalist of influential weekly papers such as Die Zeit, broadcaster and poet. He lives and works in Munich.-Life:...
Discography
- 2001 Graham Waterhouse Portrait, chamber music, Cybele
- 2004 Graham Waterhouse Portrait 2, music for string orchestra and wind ensemble, Meridian RecordsMeridian RecordsMeridian Records is a British independent record label based in London. It is a long established company having been founded in 1977 and has celebrated 34 years of recording in its reveered classical music 'natural sound'....
single works:
- 2000 Bassoon With a View, Innova Recordings (Aztec Ceremonies)
- 2001 Benchmarks Vol. 6 – Folkestone and Hythe, Kent (Variations on a Theme by Pachelbel)
- 2007 concerto piccolo, Archiv Music (Piccolo QuintetPiccolo QuintetPiccolo Quintet is short for the Quintet op. 26 of Graham Waterhouse, composed in 1989 for piccolo and string quartet and published by Zimmermann in 2002 as Quintet for piccolo, 2 violins, viola and violoncello.- History :...
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External links
- Graham Waterhouse website
- Graham Waterhouse on The Living Composers Project
- Entries for Graham Waterhouse on WorldCatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...