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Sheet Music: Score & Part(s)Myanmar : 3 pieces for violin and piano / May Howlett.by May Howlett (2007)
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Loosely referential throughout to Asian modes and instruments, the first movement reflects the peaceful mood of Bagan, the old capital of Cambodia while 3, the Secret River, evokes the tide of change bubbling beneath 2, Perdu, an elegy for the suffering and loss endured under militaristic regimes.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score 16p. -- A4 (portrait)) and 1 part (8p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — double stopping, often fast-moving, with a variety of precise articulations
Duration: 8 mins
Bagan -- Perdu -- Secret river.
First performance by Victoria Jacona — 22 Jun 08. Chronology Arts initial concert, Australia Hall, Elizabeth Street, Sydney
In writing this, as in my Cathedrals of Flame, and in Epilogue (a work in progress) I was driven by specific feelings - in this case, of admiration for the courage of someone who demonstrates that peaceful protest can transcend force. Conveying the feelings engendered by my study of the subject was my goal. This may be seen as a negative, irrelevant to the act of composition, but thse feeling gave a particular energy and shape to the writing; the audience seemed to pick up on it and were, in turn, energised.
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-720111-02-5
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