Score & Part [ePDF]
Five Postscripts : for violin and piano [eScore] / Jack Symonds.
Score & Part
Five Postscripts : for violin and piano / Jack Symonds.
Library shelf no. 787.2/SYM 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Designed as a companion piece to Still the Light Burns, these miniatures are reflections of some of the larger piece's musical concerns and obsessions. The first is high and immobile, suspended in the air before a single fall and ascent which will be a feature of all the movements. The second is two simple gestures - a quick dialogue and a rhythmic disintegration. The third is a palindrome around a phrase from Zemlinsky's opera Der Traumgörge where the central character asks the meaning of artistic beauty from a mirror. The fourth movement is a tiny mensuration canon which prefigures the final barcarolle - a last tribute to Henze gathering in all the other postscripts.
Work Details
Year: 2013
Instrumentation: Violin, piano.
Duration: 5 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by Doretta Balkizas.
First performance: by Doretta Balkizas, Jack Symonds — 26 Mar 15. Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne
Performances of this work
26 Mar 15: Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne. Featuring Doretta Balkizas, Jack Symonds.
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