Score
Cristóbal Colón - Guamiquiná : for wind quintet / Vincent Plush.
Library shelf no. Q 785.4315/PLU 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
"After Salvador Dali's painting (1958-59)"
Work Details
Year: 1992
Instrumentation: Flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, French horn in F, bassoon.
Duration: 20 min.
Contents note: The discovery of America -- Chorale/Dance I, The conquest of paradise -- The death of Anacoana -- Chorale/Dance II, The taming of paradise -- The apotheosis of Guamiquina.
Dedication note: "For the Colorado College Wind Quintet"
First performance: 10 Nov 92. Packard Auditorium, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Written in partial fulfilment of the composer's Composer-In-Residence position with Musica Viva Australia in 1985/86.
Subjects
- Inspired by: Visual arts works
Performances of this work
10 Nov 92: Packard Auditorium, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
24 Sep 92: Performed by members of the Griffith University Ensemble, Brisbane. Featuring Stephen Savage.
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