The Odin Quartet premiered Brandon Walker’s Spring Suite on April 8, 2022, as part of the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra‘s virtual 2022 season.

Composed by Brandon Walker
Performed by Odin Quartet:
Alex Toskov, violin / Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin / Matt Antal, viola / Samuel Bisson, cello
Audio recorded at Desert Fish Studios (Toronto) by Jeff Wolpert, engineer
Audio and Video edited by Brandon Walker
Produced by Ronald Royer. Executive Producer was Devin Scott.

Programme notes:

SRING SUITE (for String Quartet) explores the evolution of the season between winter and summer. The lingering harsh elements of winter commence the suite with its four-note cluster. The first signs of spring soon follow in the modally based first movement, Awaken. The second movement, Bloom, expresses the re-birth of nature with a tender yearning. Finally, flora and fauna are musically alive and well in the third and final movement, Frolic.

Premiered by the Toronto-based Odin Quartet, Brandon wrote the first four musical notes of the suite as a cipher to represent the letters of the quartet’s name: “O-D-I-N”!