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Work Overview
BLUE SILENCE was written for an exhibition in New South Wales,
devoted to artists suffering schizophrenia, called "For Matthew
and Others". It was commissioned by Joan Sutherland Performing
Arts Centre and had its premiere in September 2006. At the base
of the piece (which incidentally starts similarly to the way my
piece ÂMythic for orchestra 2004 ends) is a 4-chord
progression, very simple and minimal.
A person with schizophrenia hears voices, which can be very
disturbing, there is a yearning for silence. I wrote this work so
that my son Alex who suffers from the illness can listen to
calmness, meditation. It's called Blue Silence because blue is
sometimes associated with healing. Original version was for
Violoncello and Piano. There are also versions for a) Piano solo
and b) for 4 Clarinets c) Flute and Piano d) clarinet and
piano
e) clarinet/cello and piano (made for Rachel Scott in February
2009) f) harp and cello ( a slightly shorter version, for Alice
Giles and David Pereira in Jan. 09)
In February 2009 I was compelled to do one more arrangement of it
for Rachel Scott, for clarinet, cello and piano. In this
arrangement there is a lot of interplay and echo between the
single line instruments, i.e. they are not playing a lot
together, rather one after the other.
Work Details
Year: 2006
Duration: 9 min.
Analysis
Kit: Inventing Elena : the music of Elena Kats-Chernin / music resource kit by Mark Grandison
Performances of this work
Unknown date: Four Winds Festival, Bermagui, NSW, 2006. Featuring Anna Colville, Chris Latham, Veronique Serret, Katherine Philp, William Barton.
3 Oct 2012: at Musica Botanica (Oddie Room, Art Gallery of Ballarat). Featuring Bronwyn Blaiklock, Samantha Kelson Gray.
9 Sep 12.
8 Sep 2012: at Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music 2012 (Tyalgum Hall).
20 May 2012: at The Tulip (National Museum of Australia). Featuring Canberra Festival Camerata.
11 May 2012: at QSO String Quartet (Ian Hanger Recital Hall). Featuring QSO String Quartet.
11 May 12: Various venues in Canberra, ACT
23 Mar 2011: at Ensemble Liaison (Elisabeth Murdoch Hall). Featuring Ensemble Liaison.
12 May 2010: at Clarity Clarinet Quartet: A revised history of the clarinet (Theatre Husk, Melbourne). Featuring Nicole Canham, Andrew Seymour, Samantha Kelson Gray, Lisa Clarke.
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