Shawn Mativetsky - Tabla & Percussion - Montreal, Quebec, Canada


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Works for Tabla

Works for Tabla is a recording that combines ancient drumming traditions with a contemporary composer’s perspective. The seeds for this project were planted many years ago in Idaho, when as a teenager, composer Payton MacDonald first heard recordings of classical Hindustani music performed on tabla drums in his local public library. Since that time, he has immersed himself in studying this music and developing an impressive career as a composer and performer.

MacDonald composed all of the works on this recording, which incorporate the improvisatory versatility and virtuosity characteristic of classical tabla music. His three concertos for Tabla and Percussion Quartet were composed between 2002 and 2004, and his solo Alap, Jor, Jhala was composed between 2003 and 2005. They are performed by Canadian Shawn Mativetsky, who met MacDonald when they were studying tabla with the guru Pandit Sharda Sahai. Together they are seeking to develop a new kind of classical music that will stand the test of time and engage many generations of listeners.

Press reviews:

"Mativetsky and the William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble play with easy grace and throbbing vitality. The CD should be of strong interest to fans of percussion, and of creative syntheses of Western and world musics that compromise the integrity of neither." 4.5 stars out of 5 - Stephen Eddins, allmusic.com

"...he brings a virtuosic command of his instrument to the material..." - textura.org

"The results are fascinating." - Richard Todd, Ottawa Citizen

"The work of tabla player Shawn Mativetsky and the William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble is often trance-inducing." 3.5 stars out of 4 - John Terauds, Toronto Star

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Audio excerpts:

2nd Concerto for Tabla and Percussion Quartet
With the William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble, dir. Payton MacDonald

Alap, tabla solo

Audio Clips

2nd Concerto for Tabla and Percussion Quartet, composed by Payton MacDonald
With the William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble, dir. Payton MacDonald

Trade Winds, Concerto for Tabla and String Orchestra, composed by Christien Ledroit
With the Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra, dir. Winston Webber

Metal Jacket, for tabla and harmonium, composed by Nicole Lizée
With Julie Lebel, harmonium

Farmaishi, for tabla, flute, clarinet, contrabass, and marimba, composed by Payton MacDonald
With the Quintette Mont-Royal

Alap, tabla solo, composed by Payton MacDonald

All works were commissioned by Shawn Mativetsky.
All tabla performed by Shawn Mativetsky.

Audio clips are also available at MySpace.

Discography

	Payton MacDonald - Works for Tabla (CD) 2007 Label: Atma Classique	Suzie Leblanc - Tout Passe - Chants d'Acadie (CD) 2007 Label: Atma Classique

	Galitcha - Blé d'Inde - Celebration (CD) 2006 Label: Independant	Galitcha - Satrang (CD) 2002 Label: Independant


Ramasutra - The East Infection(CD) 1999 Label: Tox Records Winner of the ADISQ Félix Techno Album of the year. Nominated for a Juno.	Gaïa - Gaïa(CD) 2005 Label: Jajou Productions Nominated for a Juno Award (World Music Album of the Year).	Thomas Hellman - Stories from Oscar's Old Café (CD) 2002 Label: Independant	Thomas Hellman - Something Wrong (CD) 1998 Label: Independant


McGill Percussion Ensemble - Percussion Music from the Americas (CD) Pierre Beluse, director 1980-1996; McGill Records #7500-52-2	McGill Symphony Orchestra - Gustav Mahler, Symphony #5 (live) (CD) 1997 Disques Fonovox Nominated for a Felix / nominé pour un Félix (ADISQ)	McGill Symphony Orchestra - Youth, Magic and Mahler (DVD) 2001 National Film Board of Canada / Prometheus Productions Ltd.	Trio Chanteclair - Canadian Premiere Performances (CD) Available for order from the Canadian Music Centre.

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