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Sheet Music: ScoreSymphony No. 2 : double planet / Stuart Greenbaum.Also known as: Double planet by Stuart Greenbaum (2010)
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This symphony is concerned with miniaturisation, self-similarity
and transformation. The shorter preview movements are
'fast-forward' representations of the two longer movements which
themselves respond to pictures by the Dutch graphic artist, M.C.
Escher whose work in general addresses these issues.
Double Planet (1949) shows two
regular tetrahedrons intersecting as if they were one world. They
are in fact two quite separate worlds: one a jungle with trees,
mountains and dinosaurs, and the other a construction of palaces
and bridges occupied by humans. It's a strange, uneasy
proposition that (over half a century later) might be interpreted
as humans being out of touch with the natural environment -
creating for themselves an ivory tower from which they can view
the jungle at a safe distance.
Day and Night (1938) is also symmetrical in design. The
flock of birds that fly over the rural city and farmlands
magically transform in direction (backwards & forwards),
colour (black & white) and time (day and night).
The work was commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and
is dedicated to my mother, Elizabeth Scarlett - herself a pianist
and scholar with a PhD in Poulenc and a constant source of
musical inspiration and heritage to me.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (66p. -- A3 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 17 mins
i) Preview #1 (2 min.) -- ii) Double Planet (8 min.) -- iii) Preview #2 (1 min.) -- iv) Day and Night (4 min.).
Dedicated to Elizabeth Scarlett
Commissioned by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
First performance by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Brett Kelly at Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Up Close and Musical (Loreto Mandeville Hall) on 29 Mar 2011
Composer's no.: GRT 150.
Includes performance directions and program note.
Purchase price of the score includes a CD recording of the work, played by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conductor Benjamin Northey.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced Mar 12.
ISMN: 979-0-720111-10-0
Analysis & Media
- Resonate Article: Double Planet - a VCE music resource by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Video: Symphony No. 2 : double planet
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