Audio Sample
|
From the CD Thousands of bundled straw |
Selected products featuring this work — Display all products (2 more)
$POA
This item may be available to purchase from the Australian Music Centre.
Please contact our Sales Department to confirm pricing and availability.
CD
Thousands of bundled straw : a song cycle in seven movements / David Young ; Libra Ensemble.
Library shelf no. CD 1651 [Available for loan]
Score
Thousands of bundled straw / David Young.
Library shelf no. 783.66547/YOU 1 [Available for loan]
Display all products featuring this work (2 more) 
Work Overview
This major work draws on Japanese mythology, the writings of Georges Perec and Italo Calvino, and the mangled fragments of English often used in Japanese advertising (sometimes called 'Japlish') on tourist brochures and biscuit packets.
'...complex, subtly nuanced and infinitesimally crafted... a minutely staged drama. One listens intently, as you might for the sound of frogs, crickets, strange characters and even spirits in an unfamiliar mountain village at night, while overhearing murmured conversation from another room. The work is dreamlike, floating just outside consciousness.' Chris Reid, RealTime
Work Details
Year: 2005
Instrumentation: Soprano (with 5 eggs), guitar, bass recorder, oboe/cor anglais, clarinet in B flat/clarinet in E flat/bass clarinet in B flat, trumpet in C, alto/tenor trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, piano.
Duration: 54 min.
Difficulty: Professional.
Commission note: Movts IV, V and VI commissioned by the Libra Ensemble, Melbourne, with the financial assistance of the Australia Council.
Analysis
Program note: David Young's "Thousands of Bundled Straw"
© Cynthia Troup
Videos
David Young (Yung?), a portraitA portrait of Melbourne composer/artistic director David Young as he embarks on a project uncovering the mysteries of his paternal ancestry. |
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Song Cycles
Performances of this work
12 Feb 2009: at Thousands of Bundled Straw... (Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre). Featuring Deborah Kayser, Libra Ensemble.
User reviews
Be the first to share your thoughts, opinions and insights about this work.
To post a comment please login.