Chamber Music :: Kelly-Marie Murphy, composer

Category: Chamber Music

Memory, Distance, and No Time for Dances

CHAMBER MUSICviolin, violoncello, piano Duration: ca. 8 minutes Composed: 2006 Programme Note:Memory, Distance, and No Time for Dances was commissioned by Peter Leighton for his latewife, Marilynn Leighton. Marilynn died of cancer on February 21, 2001, almost 32 years to theday after they met. It was written for the Gryphon Trio. In two movements, the piece is meant to be…

Fierce Urgency of the Now

CHAMBER MUSIC duet 1 viola, 1 piano Duration: 12′ Composed: 2020 Details to come.

Artifacts From the Auditory World

CHAMBER MUSIC septet for winds and strings 1 Clarinet, 1 Bassoon, 1 Horn, 1 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Bass Duration: 10′Composed: 2020 Excerpt:

The Swan Parapraxis

CHAMBER MUSIC duet1 violin, 1 cello Duration: ca. 7 minutesComposed: 2018 Recording(s): Recorded by Yolanda and Carmen Bruno, 2019 release.

Coffee Will Be Served In the Living Room

CHAMBER MUSIC cello octet8 cellos Duration: ca. 10 minutesComposed: 2018 Programme Note: What would you do in the face of an enraged, alcohol-fuelled outburst? Lee Krasner, the wife of American painter, Jackson Pollock, had to cope with these events during her 10 years of marriage. The art dealer, Peggy Guggenheim once likened Pollock to “a trapped animal who should have…

Oblique Light

CHAMBER MUSIC string quartet2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello Duration: ca. 12 minutesComposed: 2016 Programme Note: Oblique Light was commissioned by the Penderecki String Quartet for their 2016/17 concert season. It was written to honour Canada’s sesquicentennial year. Canada is geographically huge with a relatively small population. It spans from Atlantic to Pacific to Arctic. As part of a military…

To Hold Back Chaos, I Transformed Fire and Cloud

CHAMBER MUSIC quintet1 flute, 1 clarinet, 1 violin, 1 cello, 1 piano Duration: ca. 20 minutes Composed: 2015 Programme Note: “Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.” – Richard Feynman Written in 2015, this quintet for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano,…

In a World of Motion and Distance

CHAMBER MUSIC piano quintet2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 piano Duration: ca. 14 minutesComposed: 2014 Programme Note: In a World of Motion and Distance was commissioned by the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival to celebrate their tenth anniversary in the summer of 2014. It was written for Alexander Tselyakov and the Lafayette String Quartet. The piece is divided into…

Blues and the Principles of Excitation

CHAMBER MUSIC string octet4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos Duration: ca. 12 minutesComposed: 2013 Programme Note: In 1997, NASA launched the series of Voyager spacecraft. On board were phonograph records known as the Voyager Golden Records, which contain sounds and images that were selected to show the diversity of life on earth. If intercepted by intelligent extraterrestrial life, or even…

Search My Heart (as I run this race)

CHAMBER MUSIC piano trio1 violin, 1 cello, 1 piano Duration: ca. 8 minutesComposed: 2013 Programme Note: Search My Heart (as I run this race) is a single-movement work lasting roughly 8 minutes. It was written for Trio Alba in 2013, and given its world premiere in 2014. The title comes from an African-American spiritual called Guide My Feet While I…