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February 7, 2017

Media Contact: Elizabeth Holub
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James Matheson Capriccio for Solo Violin
Matheson Capriccio

King of Prussia, PA – Theodore Presser Company is pleased to publish James Matheson�s Capriccio for Solo Violin (114-41854 – Score – $7.99). The Capriccio was composed for Jennifer Koh, who premiered it as part of the 2016 New York Philharmonic Biennial. Playing against the expectations of flamboyant violin caprices, Matheson�s work is dramatically, even eerily quiet throughout its entirety and inspired by the arpeggiated preludes from Bach�s suites. As in the Bach preludes, Matheson�s study in motivically-phrased 16th notes has no marked tempo, offering performers a vastly broad spectrum to express this quiet exploration. Koh's recording of the Capriccio is available through WQXR New York Public Radio.

James Matheson's Capriccio for Solo Violin is available now through Theodore Presser Company or your favorite music retailer.

James Matheson has rapidly emerged as one of the most distinctive, vital, and creative musical voices of his generation. Among his commissions are works for the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Chicago and Albany Symphony Orchestras, Carnegie Hall and the Borromeo String Quartet. The American Academy of Arts and Letters honored him in 2011 with the Charles Ives Living, an award of $100,000 a year for 2 years (2012-2014). Recent commissions include True South, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, and The Age of Air for two shakuhachi and chamber orchestra, co-commissioned by Kyo-Shin-An Arts and River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. From 2009 to 2015 James served as Director of the the Los Angeles Philharmonic�s innovative Composer Fellowship Program. In addition to the Ives Living, Matheson has received fellowships and awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Bogliasco and Sage Foundations, ASCAP, and the Robbins Prize. For more information, see our Composer Page.

Offering music by today�s greatest composers and teachers, Theodore Presser Company is the oldest continuing music publisher in the United States, dedicated to carrying out the aims and goals its founder established more than a century ago: service, with integrity, to music and musicians, commitment to quality, and a vision for the future. Theodore Presser Company is a full-range music publisher that also distributes the works of more than 70 American and foreign publishers, with a combined sales catalog that features over 60,000 titles.

For review copies of this publication, please contact Elizabeth Holub at (212) 777-0900, ext. 230 or send an e-mail to [email protected].

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