Sheet Music: ScoreRemembering Mrs Macquarie : for cello and didjeridu, performing score / Peter Sculthorpe.by Peter Sculthorpe (2010)
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This work marks the 200th anniversary of the appointment of
Lachlan Macquarie and Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie as governor
and first lady of the colony of New South Wales. I chose to
devote myself to Mrs Macquarie in particular: she played the
cello and I wrote the work with her cello in mind. The instrument
was made in 1814 by Thomas Kennedy of London. It is now housed in
the Museum of Sydney.
In 2001, a Volunteers' Memorial, designed by Richard Leplastrier,
was put in place on Mrs Macquarie's Chair, the well-known
headland on Sydney Harbour named after Mrs Macquarie. I composed
a work especially for the unveiling of the memorial, one that
could be performed at future memorial services. This work is an
unaccompanied unison setting of a poem, Landscapes, by Judith
Wright.
Because of this personal association with Mrs Macquarie's Chair,
it seemed fitting to base the present work upon the melody
inspired by Judith Wright's words. Following a somewhat expansive
opening, the melody is stated quietly, mostly in its original
form but with some additional material. The music then becomes
rather declamatory, recalling the opening. This gives way to an
impassioned variation of the melody, leading to the climax and a
brief coda. Seagull sounds heard in the opening section return at
the end.
Remembering Mrs Macquarie, is lovingly dedicated to H E
Professor Marie Bashir, who unveiled the Volunteers' Memorial
shortly after she became Governor of New South Wales. She is an
authority on the life and times of Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie
(1788-1835).
P.S.
Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from Faber Music) — 1 score (13p. -- A4 (portrait))
Duration: 7 mins, 30 sec.
Dedicated to Marie Bashir
First performance by Emma-Jane Murphy, William Barton at The Sydney Conservatorium Open Day (Sydney Conservatorium of Music) on 28 Mar 2010
Includes programme note.
Typeset edition.
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