Sheet Music: Performance PartsSound lur and serpent, opus 98 : for brass and percussion / Andrew Schultz.by Andrew Schultz (2014)
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Sound lur and serpent is a short work that taps into the mythology and drama of brass and percussion and their use to signal, warn and celebrate. The work was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, David Robertson, for the orchestra's 2014 tour of China. Sound lur and serpent was composed during a period as an artist in residence at the Cité International des Arts, Paris, in April 2014.
Sound lur and serpent,
Strike drum and gong.
Run!
Fire breathes to swallow,
Flee, while flee you can.
In 2010 I came across the wonderful collection of ancient musical
instruments in the Deutsches Museum in Munich which includes a
Lur from the Bronze Age and some more recent Serpents. The Lur
and Serpent are old brass instruments with extraordinary primal
shapes drawing on the horns of great beasts and the curves of
snakes. Whilst at the Museum I wrote the above short poem in my
sketchbook and made a note, "Lur and Serpent - a good starting
point for a fanfare."
A few months before that, in November 2009, the weather bureau
had issued Australia's first Catastrophic bushfire danger rating.
The ratings of High, Very High, Severe and Extreme were no longer
enough to cope with the continual and terrifyingly increasing
presence of summer bushfires in the world's driest inhabited
continent. The two things - the presence of fire and the
signalling power of brass and percussion - have merged in my mind
to lead to this piece.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 set of 27 performance parts (72p. -- B4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 4 mins
First performance by Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson — 24 Jun 14. Concert Hall, Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, China
Alternate parts for Trumpet in D are included in parts set.
Alternate parts for Trumpet in D are included in parts set.
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- Video: David Robertson on Andrew Schultz' Sound Lur and Serpent
- Video: Sound lur and serpent (excerpt) by Andrew Schultz
- Video: Sound lur and serpent, by Andrew Schultz
Perf Sydney Symphony Orchestra, cond. David Robertson. © NCPA Music Channel
From SSO China tour 2014, performance from their concert in Peking at the National Centre for Performing Arts.
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