Work
Microsymphony : full orchestra : youth orchestra
by Carl Vine (1986)
Also known as: Symphony No. 1
Audio Sample
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Performance by Sydney Symphony, Stuart Challender from the CD Complete symphonies, 1-6 |
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The Enchanted Loom : Orchestral music of Carl Vine / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis.
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Work Overview
MicroSymphony is one in a series of works of
various durations and instrumental forces which are all concerned
with the condensation of motif and gesture. Although symphonic in
intent and instrumentation, the work's compactness and overall
duration demand the diminutive prefix: micro.
The principal theme to MicroSymphony is a four-note duet that is
first heard in the third bar of the work. This motif outlines two
chords a tritone (or augmented fourth) apart that contain both
major and minor thirds. The entire work, then, follows as a
series of explorations of the symmetry and ambivalence of this
one motif.
The work deals principally with transformation. Chords become
major, minor or both, and then mutate completely. Rhythms become
more or less complex against the prevailing pulse and then propel
into new pulses and new rhythms.
Work Details
Year: 1986
Instrumentation: 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, percussion (2 players), piano, strings.
Duration: 12 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Dedication note: Dedicated to Sydney Youth Orchestra
Commission note: Commissioned by Sydney Youth Orchestra with funds provided by Australia Council. Music Board.
First performance: by Sydney Youth Orchestra, Stuart Challender — Aug 86. Sydney Opera House
Analysis
Article: Interesting display of contemporary work
by W. L. Hoffmann — © John Fairfax Holdings
Source: Source: Canberra Times, 17 October 2003, pg.26
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Symphonies
Performances of this work
3 Mar 2018: at Season Opening Gala - MSO (Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis.
22 Feb 2018: at Canberra Symphony Orchestra (Llewellyn Hall ANU School of Music). Featuring Dane Lam, Canberra Symphony Orchestra.
21 Feb 2018: at Canberra Symphony Orchestra (Llewellyn Hall ANU School of Music). Featuring Dane Lam, Canberra Symphony Orchestra.
26 Aug 2017: at KPO: Vine, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams (St Ives Uniting Church). Featuring Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, Sada Muramatsu.
18 Jun 2011: at Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer.
17 Jun 2011: at Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer.
15 May 2011: at Adelaide Youth Orchestra: Grandparents' Concert (Concordia College Chapel). Featuring Philip Paine, Adelaide Youth Sinfonia.
Aug 86: Sydney Opera House. Featuring Sydney Youth Orchestra, Stuart Challender.
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