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Performance by Marianne Broadfoot, Clare Kahn from the CD Lucid dreaming |
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CD
Lucid dreaming : a concert of works / by Katherine Rawlings
Version: This product features the Duos: Violin, cello version of this work
Library shelf no. CD 1729 [Available for loan]
Score
Rain dancing : for solo marimba / Katherine Rawlings
Library shelf no. 786.843/RAW 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Originally written for the marimba this piece was workshopped with percussionist Carmen Chan. As this was the first piece I had written for solo marimba, when I first began writing this piece, my mind was focused on the idea that a marimba piece should be written in perpetual motion (with rapid repetitive note patterns), because of the short duration of the notes when struck. When I asked Carmen to play through my initial ideas, one of the first things she said was, "it's very pianistic!". These words continued to haunt me as I tried to work with and develop my ideas. The material I was producing sounded empty and directionless to me, and the more I tried to bring meaning to the piece the more I began to hate it. I later realised that I was getting too caught up with the idea of writing in perpetual motion and was not concentrating enough on the content of the music. So I began the piece again from scratch - this time, instead of getting caught up in the idea that a marimba piece must move with constant motion, I focused instead on creating something that was both harmonically and rhythmically interesting. With this focus in mind, the piece seemed to write itself
Work Details
Year: 2000
Instrumentation: Marimba (5 octaves).
Duration: 3 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Masters level or higher
Written for: Carmen Chan
Performances of this work
18 Aug 2018: at Linus Ensemble (St Linus Church (Coburg North)). Featuring Karina Di Sisto, Marianne Rotschild.
22 Jul 2018: at Winter in Melbourne (St Mark's Anglican Church (Templestowe)). Featuring Amy Valent Curlis.
21 Jul 2018: at Saturday Afternoon Concert Series (Diamond Creek Uniting Church). Featuring Linus Ensemble.
3 Apr 2017: at Lost in the Looping Glass (St Pancras Old Church (London)). Featuring Helen Bower, Maria Rodriguez Reina.
6 Nov 2016: at An Afternoon At St Linus - Spring Edition 2016 (St. Linus' Anglican Church, Merlynston). Featuring Lachlan Dent, Helen Bower.
17 Feb 06: Melba Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne. Featuring Marianne Broadfoot, Clare Kahn.
17 Feb 06: Melba Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne
10 Feb 06: Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Featuring Marianne Broadfoot, Clare Kahn.
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