Owen Underhill

About the artist

Owen Underhill (born January 26, 1954) is a Canadian composer, flutist and conductor based in Vancouver. He is currently a professor of music at Simon Fraser University. He has been an active contributor to the new music scene on the West Coast, as a flutist, as co-music director of Western Front New Music (1982-3), as the artistic director (1987–2000) of the Vancouver New Music Society, and as a conductor in Magnetic Band and the Turning Point Ensemble, for which he is also currently the Artistic Co-Director.

Top songs

  1. Swizzle Stick
  2. String Quartet No. 4, "The Night"
  3. Still Image: I. —
  4. Trombone Quintet: III. —
  5. Love Songs: I. With how sad steps
  6. String Quartet No. 3, "The Alynne"
  7. Northern Line — Angel Station (String Quartet No. 2), 2: Ritmico, Con spirito
  8. Northern Line — Angel Station (String Quartet No. 2), 4: Quodlibet
  9. Northern Line — Angel Station (String Quartet No. 2), 1: Adagio calmato
  10. Still Image: II. —
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  1. Escalator
  2. Trombone Quintet: I. —
  3. Loch Lomond (arr. J. Quick)
  4. Lay a garland on her hearse
  5. Hinge
  6. Trombone Quintet: IV. —
  7. Northern Line — Angel Station (String Quartet No. 2), 3: Adagio calmato, Animato
  8. The Celestial Machine
  9. Love Songs: II. Ah, dear heart
  10. Still Image: III. —
  11. Trombone Quintet: II. —
  12. Songs without Words, for piano & vibraphone - I
  13. Dompe
  14. String Quartet No. 5 — Land and Water, 4: Sunlight on Mountain Peak
  15. String Quartet No. 5 — Land and Water, 3: Raccoon on Wintry Beach
  16. What is our Life?
  17. Love Songs: III. Lyke as a ship
  18. At the Window
  19. 2 Songs Without Word: No. 1. —
  20. You have ravished my heart
  21. The Retreat
  22. String Quartet No. 5 — Land and Water, 1: Dead Tree over Spring Creek
  23. String Quartet No. 5 — Land and Water, 2: Holy Isle
  24. At the Window, for bass clarinet, trumpet, violin, double bass & percussion
  25. The Celestial Machine, for baroque flute, violin, viola da gamba & harpischord
  26. Songs without Words, for piano & vibraphone - II
  27. O Nata Lux
  28. A la claire fontaine (arr. C. Probus): A la claire fontaine (arr. S. Smith)
  29. Partita
  30. Shenandoah (arr. J. Erb)
  31. Winter Music: I. Wave's Edge
  32. Winter Music: III. Winter Wind
  33. Night's Swift Dragons
  34. Still Life
  35. Winter Music: II. In the Night
  36. Tree Line
  37. Jappements à la Lune: I
  38. Jappements à la Lune: II
  39. Jappements à la Lune: III
  40. Jappements à la Lune: IV
  41. Jappements à la Lune: V
  42. Jappements à la Lune: VI
  43. Jappements à la Lune: VII
  44. Jappements à la Lune: VIII
  45. Ur Og and Aji
  46. Strange Sphere
  47. -
  48. Hinge, for piano & chamber ensemble
  49. Love Songs, for chorus - II
  50. Three Sitka Portraits: Carving
  51. Three Sitka Portraits: Reconstruction
  52. Hinge, for Piano & Chamber Ensemble (1996)
  53. The Celestial Machine, for Baroque Flute, Violin, Viola da gamba & Harpischord (1988)
  54. Love Songs, for Chorus (1984) I.
  55. Love Songs, for Chorus (1984) II.
  56. Love Songs, for Chorus (1984) III.
  57. At the Window, for Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, Violin, Contrabass & Percussion (1990)
  58. Songs Without Words, for Piano & Vibraphone (1999) I.
  59. Songs Without Words, for Piano & Vibraphone (1999) II.
  60. Cello Concerto: I. The Curio Box
  61. Songs without Words (#1)
  62. Songs without Words (#2)
  63. Love Songs (#1)
  64. Love Songs (#2)
  65. Love Songs (#3)
  66. Love Songs, for chorus - I
  67. Love Songs, for chorus - III
  68. Canzone Di Petra
  69. Songs without Words: I
  70. Songs without Words: II
  71. Three Sitka Portraits: He was a Dancer
  72. On Monsieur's Departure
  73. Kya (1959): I.
  74. Kya (1959): II.
  75. Kya (1959): III.
  76. I. —
  77. II. —
  78. III. —
  79. IV. —
  80. 6 Canadian Folk Songs, Set 1 (arr. D. Healey): 6 Canadian Folk Songs, Set 1: Inuit Hunting Song (arr. D. Healey)
  81. Gloria Patri: Gloria Patri: Confitemini Domino
  82. Ave, Verum Corpus: Ave verum corpus
  83. Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs): No. 5. Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs): Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs): V. Jaanilaulud (St. John's Day Songs): Kutse jaanitulele II (Call to the Midsummer Bonfire II)
  84. Goin' Home (arr. M. Murray)
  85. I waited for the Lord
  86. A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: A Boy was Born, Op. 3: Variation 3: Jesu, As Thou Art Our Saviour
  87. Exaudi
  88. Agneau de Dieu
  89. Still Image: I. -
  90. Still Image: II. -

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