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Performance by Michael Tsalka, Diana Weston from the CD Lady Huang’s album |
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CD
Lady Huang’s album : music for one or two harpsichords / Michael Tsalka, Diana Weston.
Library shelf no. CD 2924 [Available for loan]
Score
Tilting at Windmills : a fantasy for two harpsichords / May Howlett.
Library shelf no. 785.6412/HOW 1 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
A little musical study on the concept of duality as perceived by Cervantes in his tale of the heroic, self-styled Knight-Errant, Don Quixote, and his 'squire', Sancho Panza.
Bemused by romance novels, his lance at the tilt, Don Quixote
sets out in the blazing heat of La Mancha to charge at what he
thinks are giants, but are actually windmills, to win the favour
of his dream lady, Dulcinea - in reality, a local peasant woman.
Sancho Panza, his bewildered servant, follows wearily with his
own dreams of finding fame and fortune.
The interplay between the Don's majestic chords and the squire's
erratic scale passages referencing modal or folk motifs, form the
fabric of their actual and imagined adventures
Work Details
Year: 2017
Instrumentation: 2 harpsichords.
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Performances of this work
28 Apr 2018: at Latino Love Affair (Mosman Art Gallery and Community Centre). Featuring Michael Tsalka, Diana Weston.
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