Score
These dark notes drifting / Maria Grenfell.
Library shelf no. 785.3614/GRE 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
These dark notes drifting takes its title from a poem by 9th-century Chinese poet Li Po. Inspired by a Chinese folk tune, the piece evokes distant flutes, coloured by the sounds that one might hear across a valley at night in the spring.
Work Details
Year: 2010
Instrumentation: Flute 1 (flute, alto flute), flute 2 (flute, piccolo), percussion (3 gongs, vibraphone, woodblock), piano.
Duration: 9 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Written for the Music X Festival, Blonay, Switzerland, 2010
First performance: by Tim Munro, Pethrus Gardborn, Jeremy Malvin, Erika Dohi — 30 Jun 10. Bartok Hall, Hindemith Foundation, Blonay, Switzerland
Subjects
- Inspired by: Chinese folk music
Performances of this work
30 Jun 10: Bartok Hall, Hindemith Foundation, Blonay, Switzerland. Featuring Tim Munro, Pethrus Gardborn, Jeremy Malvin, Erika Dohi.
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