Score
'...in paradiso' : for nine or more flutes / Andrew Ford
Library shelf no. 785.83219/FOR 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
'... in Paradiso' was composed for a performance of Haydn's Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross. Six composers were asked to write music that might be played between Haydn's meditations for strings. The other composers were William Barton, Brett Dean, James Ledger, Georges Lentz and Anthony Pateras. ' . . . in Paradiso' was created to occupy the slot after the second 'Word' (more accurately , utterance) and before the third - specifically, after the sentence 'Verily, I say unto thee, today thou shalt be with me in Paradise' and before 'Mother, behold thy son'. Haydn's music for the former ends with a chord of C major, while his music for the latter is in E. So ' . . . in Paradiso' joins the two.
Work Details
Year: 2009
Instrumentation: 9 or more flutes. Can also be played by three flutes each with digital delay.
Duration: 6 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — AMEB Grade 8
Commission note: Commissioned by Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) for performance by Melbourne International Arts Festival.
First performance: by Taryn Richards, Dominique Chaseling, Agatha Yim at Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross (St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne) on 14 Oct 2009
Performances of this work
14 Oct 2009: at Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross (St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne). Featuring Taryn Richards, Dominique Chaseling, Agatha Yim.
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