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Score
Take down the fiddle, Karl : from the Neilson Project, for baritone solo and string trio / words by John Shaw Neilson ; music by Fred Hill.
Library shelf no. Q 783.88542/HIL 1 [Available for loan]
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Take down the fiddle, Karl : for baritone voice and piano [eScore] / composer: Freddie Hill ; words by John Shaw Neilson.
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Work Overview
Although this is a short work, I have aimed to evoke 3 distinct genres; the German Landler of the main melody depicts the relaxed after-hours mood of the workmen; the mechanical chatter of the strings reflects the tempo of the brutal labour; and the mysteries of the dark and spirit-haunted forests of Karl's faraway homeland. The references to Mendelssohn and Wagner are not accidental and perhaps mirror the impudence, irreverence - chutzpah - of the composer!
Work Details
Year: 2004
Instrumentation: Baritone voice, violin, viola, cello.
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Double stops and special effects in all string parts
Dedication note: Dedicated to Bruce Ledden
First performance: by Bruce Ledden, Cyril Tummanelli, Peter Hogg, Elaine Graham, Suzanne Maslen at Eastwood Sunday Afternoon Concert no.3 (Haseler Centre, St.Kevin's Catholic Church) on 17 Jul 2011
Setting of a poem written around the time of World War I.
Performances of this work
17 Jul 2011: at Eastwood Sunday Afternoon Concert no.3 (Haseler Centre, St.Kevin's Catholic Church). Featuring Bruce Ledden.
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