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Score
From Oceania : for orchestra / Peter Sculthorpe.
Library shelf no. 784.2/SCU 12 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
From Oceania is a re-working of part of my orchestral
piece, Music for Japan (1970), commissioned by the
National Music Camp Association for performance by the Australian
Youth Orchestra at Expo '70, Osaka. With the title implying that
the work was written as a gift to Japan from Australia, the music
is concerned with Antipodean landscapes and seascapes. It is
written in what is known as my 'Sun Music' style, and
is made up of rhythmic, textural and harmonic shapes, with few
melodic contours.
In writing the present work, I was thinking of the volcanic
nature of much of Oceania and, in the coda, of the mystery and
magic of the region. It opens with the sound of a conch shell,
followed by vigorous drumming patterns. These patterns are then
repeated, with brass and strings added, propelling the music into
a section in which the whole orchestra is treated in a somewhat
percussive manner. This culminates in a low, sustained tone
cluster, from which an 'E' major chord emerges, 'E' standing for
'Eternity'. It is followed by a quiet coda.
Work Details
Year: 2003
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 4 trumpets in C, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), strings.
Duration: 7 min.
Dedication note: Dedicated to Barry Conyngham
Written especially for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Judd, for recording by Naxos in September 2003.
Subjects
- Inspired by: Landscape and Nature
Performances of this work
20 Oct 19: Suntory Hall, Tokyo. Featuring Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Kentaro Kawase.
13 Mar 14: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK. Featuring BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon.
23 Jan 14: The Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK. Featuring Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Maxime Tortelier.
16 Jan 14: Colston Hall, Bristol, UK. Featuring Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Maxime Tortelier.
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