Graham Waterhouse, the composer, views composing as navigating a precarious path, similar to Odysseus steering between the mythical monsters Scylla and Charybdis, making fundamental decisions about tradition, tonality, and form.
Performer Biography
Katharina Sellheim, the pianist on this album, is a passionate chamber musician who has been engaged by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as a Lied accompanist for his master classes.
Composer Biography
Graham Waterhouse considers his roles as composer and cellist to be mutually beneficial, drawing inspiration from the creative processes of rehearsing and performing.
Composer Biography
Graham Waterhouse studied composition at Cambridge University and cello at Folkwang Hochschule and Hochschule für Musik Köln, dedicating his 'Three Pieces for Solo Cello' to his teacher Siegfried Palm.
Composer Biography
Graham Waterhouse, the composer and cellist, was born into a musical family in London in 1962 and has lived near Munich since 1992.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Graham Waterhouse believes that beauty in music can be defined as the balance of opposites, such as harmony balancing counterpoint, or spontaneous ideas balancing protracted development.
Performer Biography
David Frühwirth, the violinist, is an enthusiastic explorer of unknown repertoire, regularly collaborating with living composers and bringing numerous forgotten works to light.
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