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Captain Flinders' musick : concerto for flute and small orchestra / Gordon Kerry.
Library shelf no. Q 784.2832186/KER 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
The work takes its inspiration from the life of Matthew Flinders who circumnavigated and mapped Tasmania and mainland Australia (which he named) in the late 18th and early 19th centuryand who died in 1814. His journals describe the different coastal landscapes of Australia in great detail; he encountered Aboriginal, French and Malay people at various points on the coast, experienced privation and shipwreck and, en route to England, was incarcerated in French Mauritius for 6 years. Apart from his cat, his best companion was his flute, and this work seeks to evoke some of the awe at the alien landscapes he discovered, but is threaded by some of the music he knew and probably played, by Pleyel, Hoffmeister, Devienne, and a little tune he attributed to Haydn.
Work Details
Year: 2011
Instrumentation: Flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, timpani, percussion (1 player), solo flute, strings (8.6.4.4.2).
Duration: 15 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Dedicated to Alison Mitchell
Commission note: Commissioned by Ian Potter Cultural Trust.. Commissioned through the Ian Potter Cultural Trust's Established Composer Fellowship
First performance: by Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alison Mitchell, Olari Elts at Scottish Chamber Orchestra premieres Kerry (City Halls (Glasgow)) on 28 Oct 2011
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Concertos
Performances of this work
27 May 2017: at The Calming Sea - Kerry (Federation Concert Hall, Hobart). Featuring Alison Mitchell, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Schuldt.
29 Oct 2011: at Scottish Chamber Orchestra premieres Kerry (Queen's Hall (Edinburgh)). Featuring Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alison Mitchell, Olari Elts.
28 Oct 11: City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland. Featuring Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alison Mitchell, Olari Elts.
28 Oct 2011: at Scottish Chamber Orchestra premieres Kerry (City Halls (Glasgow)). Featuring Alison Mitchell, Olari Elts, Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
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