Matthew Raisch | Composer
Beautiful, Narrative, Engaging: in a word - Music
Music For the Stage |
Whether choral or instrumental, Raisch’s music blends traditional influences with modern harmonies for emotional and engaging works. His music is a step into a world of lush orchestration and wonder.
Concert Kyrie is a warm and inviting piece that reflects the feel of a warm Church on a cold Christmas Night. A modern piece with a traditional feel.
A Wistful Wind is a melancholy lullaby of vocal "ooo's" with a thoughtful harp accompaniment. Step into another world in this engaging piece which started as an instrumental work and ended up as a piece for SAA + harp.
Orchestral Sketches is a series of 3 tone poems mapping the human experience. The first movement, “Longing," touches on man's desire for relationship and community - the desire to be seen and loved by another. It begins whimsically and then moves into a bout of melancholy mixed with tears.
Liturgical Music
With influences from the Renaissance Masters to Russian Church Music and modern composers (such as Jernberg, Gjeilo, and Pärt), Raisch’s sacred works aim at to be at once new and authentically liturgical.
Missa Pro Regina Caeli is one of Raisch’s early liturgical works that has a dual influence on Polyphony and participation of the Congregation. It aims to combine a sacred sound with singable melodies that are fitting for the Mass