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Performance by Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Martínek, Petr Vronsky from the CD Winter's warmth |
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CD
Winter's warmth : contemporary works for orchestra / Andrew Schultz, John A. Carollo, R. Barry Ulrich, J.A. Kawarsky.
Library shelf no. CD 2830 [Available for loan]
Score
Falling man, dancing man : concerto for organ and orchestra / Andrew Schultz.
Library shelf no. Q 784.265186/SCH 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Falling Man/Dancing Man is a
concerto-style work for solo pipe organ and orchestra composed
for first performance on the organ of the Melbourne Town Hall in
2005. The twenty minute work is in three separate but related
movements.
Falling Man/Dancing Man was initially
inspired by two photos with contrasting depictions of human
reactions to war. The first was the abject image of a Falling Man
taken from the ground below the World Trade Centre attacks in New
York in 2001. The image was later suppressed and remains a deeply
contradictory photo given the choices and pain implicit in the
subject's decision to jump. The second shows a Dancing Man who is
celebrating in a Sydney street at the end of World War Two. His
hat is in the air as he dances for joy at the end of war. The
more I looked into it the more I became aware that images and
artwork depicting falling and dancing bodies are almost universal
icons from rock art to the present. Perhaps this is because they
depict fundamental truths about human experience. Whilst echoes
of both these and other images have found their way into the
piece, the musical matters took their own course in the work and
in the end the organist's dancing feet and physical elevation in
the organ loft also seemed apt for the title.
Work Details
Year: 2005
Instrumentation: Pipe organ (concertante), piccolo, 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet in B flat, 2 bassoons, contra-bassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, timpani, percussion (3 players), harp, strings.
Duration: 20 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: 1. Infinity jinx -- 2. Deep crossing -- 3. The laughing man.
Commission note: Commissioned by Symphony Australia for performance by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.. Composed with the assistance of a residency at the Leighton Studios, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada.
First performance: by Oleg Caetani, Calvin Bowman — 18 Nov 05. Melbourne Town Hall
Analysis
Program note: Andrew Schultz's "Falling man, dancing man"
by Andrew Schultz
Source: the score of this work
Article: Town Hall proms end year on eclectic note
Clive O'Connell — © John Fairfax Holdings Limited
Source: The Age, 21 November 2005
Videos
Falling Man, dancing man Op.68 (1st mvmt, Infinity jinx) by Andrew SchultzSource: Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America |
Falling man, dancing man Op. 68 (Mvt 2 Deep crossing), by Andrew Schultz)Source: Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America |
Falling man, dancing man Op.68 (Mvt 3 The laughing man) by Andrew SchultzSource: Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America |
Subjects
- Influenced by: Visual arts works
- In the form/style of: Concertos
Performances of this work
18 Nov 05: Melbourne Town Hall. Featuring Oleg Caetani, Calvin Bowman.
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