Sheet Music: Score
Brisbane songs / Robert Davidson
by Robert Davidson (2008)
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- Instrumentation: Soprano voice, clarinet, violin, cello, piano.
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Audio Sample
Performance by Collusion, Emma Baker-Spink from the CD I read the old dream slowly
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Three poems are collected and set in Brisbane Songs. Les Murray's 'Nocturne' starts the set in a reflective mood. The poem is an ode-like enumeration of iconic features of Brisbane, centring on the river, and dwelling on the major impact of World War Two on the city, touching evocatively on many other aspects of Brisbane's identity in the process. The inescapable river is strongly present in 'Streets of Brisbane' by Kevin Hart, represented in the music by a series of widely-spaced, static chords that overtake the texture at several points. The third poem, 'Leaving West End', by Bronwyn Lea, takes quite a different turn, focusing on two frozen moments of observation. Set at an inner-suburban bus stop, the first observation is of a young, typically Brisbanian couple intense in their embrace of the present moment; it is interrupted by the recounting of an experience of heroin-accompanied eroticism.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (38p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Medium — Some parts - piano for example - are harder than others
Duration: 15 mins
Nocturne -- The streets of Brisbane -- Leaving West End.
Commissioned by Collusion.
First performance by Collusion — 4 Sep 08. Visy Theatre Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
The composer cites the following influences on the work: Art song, polystylism, Ned Rorem, Nick Cave, Neil Finn, Elliott Carter, John Rodgers.
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-67309-582-3
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