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Delusions of War : for 22 string players / Yitzhak Yedid.
Library shelf no. 784.7/YED 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Current tragic events of the continuing unresolved conflict
between Israel and the Palestinians and of the ongoing brutal
battles in Syria have influenced my composition Delusions of
War. Delusions of War is a commentary on
political/religious problems that continue to find no resolution.
The music aims to make the listeners "feel" the human suffering
that the war causes, and, without assuming to have answers, to
encourage them to pause for a moment and to envisage better ways
than force to resolve crises. The music captures emotions of
anger and fear, and feelings of sorrow, tragedy and
righteousness.
I believe that a false conception of life leads to bloody
conflicts. A common tendency is to think of one side as the
victim and the other as the aggressor, and under this perception,
each side justifies its position and the use of violence. This
justification lies in delusions and a false conception that war
ends the conflict and solves the problems. Each side tries to
"break" the other side by using greater force, but as recent
events can testify, wars and victories do not resolve the
problems, they deepen the animosity, intensify the hostility and
hatred and increase the tragedy.
Delusions of War, orchestrated for 22 string
instruments, consists of seventeen major sections (musical
images) in Part One and ten major sections in Part Two. These
sections synthesis and superimpose various approaches and
compositional techniques that contrast with each other and often
convey extreme changes. Approaches and compositional techniques
include a perpetuum mobile toccata, heterophonic textures,
canonic textures, as well as the use of Maqamat to semblance
classical Arabic melodic lines, imitation of the human voice and
improvisation out of ordered pitch collections.
Yitzhak Yedid
August 2014
Work Details
Year: 2014
Instrumentation: Violin 1 (6 players), violin 2 (6 players), viola (4 players), cello (4 players), double bass (2 players). (Can be amended on request).
Duration: 23 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by Divertimenti String Ensemble with funds provided by Australia Council.
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Anti-War
Performances of this work
18 Feb 15: Jerusalem Theatre, Henry Crawn Symphony Hall. Featuring Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Yuval Zorn.
16 Oct 14: Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Brisbane. Featuring Divertimenti String Ensemble, Graeme Jennings.
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