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Sheet Music: Score & Part(s)Blue silence : for flute and piano / Elena Kats-Chernin.by Elena Kats-Chernin (2006)
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BLUE SILENCE was written for an exhibition in New South Wales,
devoted to artists suffering schizophrenia, called "For Matthew
and Others". It was commissioned by Joan Sutherland Performing
Arts Centre and had its premiere in September 2006. At the base
of the piece (which incidentally starts similarly to the way my
piece ÂMythic for orchestra 2004 ends) is a 4-chord
progression, very simple and minimal.
A person with schizophrenia hears voices, which can be very
disturbing, there is a yearning for silence. I wrote this work so
that my son Alex who suffers from the illness can listen to
calmness, meditation. It's called Blue Silence because blue is
sometimes associated with healing. Original version was for
Violoncello and Piano. There are also versions for a) Piano solo
and b) for 4 Clarinets c) Flute and Piano d) clarinet and
piano
e) clarinet/cello and piano (made for Rachel Scott in February
2009) f) harp and cello ( a slightly shorter version, for Alice
Giles and David Pereira in Jan. 09)
In February 2009 I was compelled to do one more arrangement of it
for Rachel Scott, for clarinet, cello and piano. In this
arrangement there is a lot of interplay and echo between the
single line instruments, i.e. they are not playing a lot
together, rather one after the other.
Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from Boosey & Hawkes) — 1 score 5p. -- A4 (portrait)) and 1 part (2p. -- A4 (portrait))
Dedicated to Christiane Meininger
Typeset edition.
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This work also exists as the following versions:
- Solo Piano
- String Quartets
- Quartets: 4 Clarinets
- Trios: Clarinet, piano, cello
- Piano Trios
- String orchestra
- Clarinet with piano
- Solo Flute
- Duos: Bass clarinet, marimba
- Cello with piano
- Browse other works published by Australian Music Centre (under licence from Boosey & Hawkes)
- Browse other works for Flute with piano
- Browse other works by Elena Kats-Chernin
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- Kit: Inventing Elena : the music of Elena Kats-Chernin / music resource kit by Mark Grandison
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