Matthew McAllister plays Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davies on a 2012 Stefan Nitschke
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- Matthew McAllister plays Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davies (Arr. Matthew McAllister) on a 2012 Stefan Nitschke.
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What exquisite music, and how exquisitely interpreted with such restrained passion and utter sincerity. Thank you, as ever, Matthew!
Thank you David.
The story on the piece is interesting: Stromness is a fishing village in the south of Scotland. Uranium deposits were found in the area nd a company was going to setup a mine to extract that uranium. The people in the are were concerned that this would destroy the landscape and the area so they started a protest. The composer Maxwell Davies was inspired to compose a suite (for piano). This movement - "Farewell to Stromness" - is supposed to evoce the image of people leaving Stromness not knowing whether they will ever return ... so the solemn tone and the 'walking cadence' on the D-string. In real life, the people never had to leave, they won their case and the mine was never constructed.
Outrageously good. It's a joy to have ears listening to music like this.
Thanks Dave.
Love the A-string at 1:16, vibrating with sheer joy.
A wonderfully sympathetic arrangement, beautifully played.
Thank you Greg. 😀
A reimagining of the constant droning overtones of bagpipes perhaps?
Epic performance. I am in awe. Also, you can hear the doppler effect of a passing fire truck at 4:40 as if to conclude this piece. This provided some amusement to the gracious McAllister.
I have revisited this video every few years since it was recorded. It is handled with such care. Fantastic job.
I've committed myself to learning this piece (it's a challenge!) which means I've watched this video like ten times in the past few days to figure out how Matthew plays it and every time I discover new subtleties in his technique.
Thanks! Good luck with your version.
I still listen to this regularly ... beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How lovely. And so beautifully played. Thank you.
Wonderful music and beautiful playing! Thank you!!
Thank you Angelika. 🎶
Close to tears here. A lovely piece, and beautifully played!!
Glad you are enjoying the music.
Thank you for the music! Music is what is holding me together in these days. Joshua Bell in interview, describes it as one thing which makes sense, Regards, thombo
How does a piano sound on a guitar? Like this. This composition brings down music to its basics and playing the guitar you do it's a discovery. Thank you very much. Very beautiful played, i can't express it more deeply, profoundly, i'm sorry, but from the deepest of my being: thank you! Jan
How wonderful when played like this. Many thanks for this. Tapadh leabh, Maister McAllister.
Thanks Ian.
sir peter maxwell davies was a beautiful man its nice to see his music living on!
Thank you.
How I love a beautiful song played by a master. Lovely.
Thank you.
Stunning. Made for the guitar. What a joy.
most lovely lament ...
Thank you Linda. 🎶
Absolutely beautiful. Wonderful color changes and articulation
What is it about this incredible piece of music? It is so special. 😘
Played with such feeling....incredible.
Its great to hear Scottish music played really well I really enjoyed listening to this piece. 🤩👍
Matthew ... this is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard ... I'm a musician myself and I'm in awe of this performance ... beautiful, simply beautiful ... best wishes from Ireland
Hi Samuel, thank you for your very kind comment, I really appreciate it. Matthew
LOVE this piece. Nicely done! Excellent arrangement.
Such a beautiful piece played exceptionally.
Thank you.
Just love Matthews no frills approach here, works really well with this piece. At the beginning you'd say come on give it a bit more but in the end it turns out it's all it needs. Minimalism pur sang;-) Kudos
Thank you.
That was an amazing rendition of the song. The bittersweet sadness feels more suited for the piano, however, this was very beautiful as well.
To all who are looking for the sheet music, Tim Walker's transcription is available from Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, publication number B.&H. 20684
Happy music making from the South Bay Guitar Society! We had Matthew and Aisling for a concert in the fall ... marvelous!
Aisling and I loved playing in that beautiful little theatre. Best wishes to all at SBGS!
Fantastic! I'm always moved by the playing of Matthew McAllister.
Thank you for your support. :-)
Love it, man. Thanks. (Ambulance at the end was pure perfection too)
What a beautiful piece and interpretation! Really took me away from earth for a good while. THANK YOU!
Thanks Van!
Just arrived here and thank you so passionately played wonderful
Thank you Graham. 😀
Simply wonderful!
Thank you Don.
Matthew, I love your playing!! I would love to hear your interpretation of Home by Andrew York. Thank you for this wonderful performance from Wisconsin, USA.
Such a beautiful piece! It pulls at my heart!
Glad you like it Ashley.
@@galleryofguitar I love this piece played on the piano but this is sublime! Oh, I wish I'd not given up in my teens! Too late now, but I can listen to your magical playing!
wow! great rendition! I love the use of harmonics too!
Outstanding.
This is beautiful 😭😭😭😭
Thanks.
Wow, I heard this song on BBC radio last week played by a quartet of wind instruments, and found this. I have to say as a guitar player myself, I find this much more amusing and beautiful sounding. What a superb interpretation of this song. Excellent job.
Thanks.
Dame Judi Dench chose Farewell to Stromness as her first piece on Desert Island Discs. I followed the chain of links to TH-cam and ended up here. I can hear each of the melodies weaving in and out of this piece in Matthew's exquisite arrangement. Never heard of Matthew McAllister before: shame on me. I'll be buying your records, Matthew: please do thank Dame Judi and thank her for her love of Scotland!
And a little siren coda. Very nice.
Wow!! Really good! I’m trying to learn this right now. Your tone production is amazing!!
Thanks!
Lovely piece, lovely rendition!
Qué exquisita interpretación, enhorabuena!
Just wonderful
Thank you Kelvin.
So beautiful
This is my favourite version although I also enjoy the delicate rendition by LAGQ
Delightful piece beautifully played
Wonderful!
Exquisite! Thank you! Bravo!
Thank you Glenn.
Heavenly
Thank you.
Sweet... Thanks.
My pleasure Les. 😀
WOW!
Thanks Mike.
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I wouldn't say it if I wasn't generally impressed, Gallery of Guitar.
👍👍👍
Thank you. 👍
This is beautiful! I love it!
Thank you.
This is extremely good : ) It's verrry inspiring. I actually prefer this on the guitar than the piano. Are there any tutorials for this?
Thanks Patricia. :-)
I agree, the guitar reveals more of the poignancy of the composition~ Piano is wonderful and this is such a beautiful piece that it would sound good on either instrument, but it is well-suited to the guitar for me.
When i die, and i will hopefully go to paradise, i expect to hear your music there, ok Mathew? Now don't you let me down! lol..all the best from Sergio...
I will do my best Sergio!
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Wow a bit late but, thank you very much for acknowledging me. I'm not in paradise yet (thankfully) but just the same. All the best Sergio.
@@sergiodario58able Ha! Well these videos are not on my channel so sometimes it takes me a while to see the comments.
perfect interpretation!
Very fine guitarist
Very accomplished performance. Why so few views?
I am sure they will come.
Very nice. Is the transcription published anywhere?
is this arrangement possible to buy somewere??? i need more of this kind of repertoar! its great :D
+morten andre larsen i think it's quite similar to the Timothy Walker's arrangement, maybe you can find it somewhere
Lovely - do you have a published arrangement to share/sell?
Good!!
Spiro
Hi Matthew, Do you know where I can purchase sheet music (notation) for this beautiful composition? Would love to hear from you
+Matthew Elijah www.boosey.com
Are there two guitars playing? If not, how did he create two sounds at once?
No, there is just the one guitar. The obvious answer to your question is by playing two strings at once with different fingers but I can't help thinking that may not be what you mean. Which part exactly in the video do you mean?
Just one of me!
@@galleryofguitar Nice! Sometimes, it almost sounds like two guitars playing.
@@joshuarosen6242 An example is 1:11, but as you can see I don't know anything about playing guitars. I think the person who played this piece just answered my question.
@@UpLevelYourGame Hi Benson, yes it is me playing in the video, using harmonics over the top of accompaniment and other techniques and at times it can sound like more than one guitar.
Looks like a cordoba C7 Spruce top, even though it's not.
Fantastic arrangement! Better than the piano version.
Amazing playing! Now... can we kill that chair with fire? too many interruptions HA!
Is the intro any piece or is this all there is? :)
Nice arrangement, but terrible recording! Get rid of that squeaky chair and dress down to less ruffling clothes. _Very_ distracting.
How does a piano sound on a guitar? Like this. This composition brings down music to its basics and playing the guitar you do it's a discovery. Thank you very much. Very beautiful played, i can't express it more deeply, profoundly, i'm sorry, but from the deepest of my being: thank you! Jan
Thank you Jan. 🎶