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Three distractions

Sheet Music: Score

Three distractions : a three movement work for guitar orchestra / by Richard Charlton.

by Richard Charlton (2001)

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  • Instrumentation: Requinto, 2nd & 3rd guitars, bass guitar. Also suitable for performance by guitar quartet.
  • Audio Sample

    Performance by Townsville Guitar Orchestra, Joanne McCluskey from the CD Contemporary Australian music

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Three Distractions was commissioned by Christopher Keane for the Cranbrook Guitar Ensemble in late 2001. The title grew out of my circumstances at the time, as I was composing a major work for the 2002 Darwin International Guitar Festival - my duo guitar & guitar orchestra concerto -"Rhapsody". I set aside that work to write these pieces! In a way it was a nice distraction, as they were great fun to compose.

The individual movements are entitled, Déjà vu, a piece with a melody slightly similar to an earlier work, Livewire; Daydreams, with a calm, warm, afternoon feel and Dangerous Curves, a quirky bi-tonal blues that gives you a sense of being "in a car, out-of-control, down a windy mountain road!"

Published by: Fretful Music [fmgo 10] — 1 score (73p. -- A4 (portrait))

Difficulty: Medium — School student.

Duration: 9 min.

Contents note:

1. Déjà vu! -- 2. Daydreams -- 3. Dangerous curves!.

Commission info: For Christopher Keane & the Cranbrook Guitar Orchestra.

Edited by Christopher Keane.

Includes programme and performance notes, an introduction to the instruments used in a guitar orchestra and full performance parts.

First performed by the Cranbrook Guitar Orchestra at concerts at Sydney Grammar School and the Western Australian Guitar Festival during 2002.

Typeset edition.

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This work is also available in the following products:

FrEternity
CD: FrEternity : music for guitar ensemble.

Contemporary Australian music
CD: Contemporary Australian music / Townsville Guitar Orchestra.

 

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