Sheet Music: Performance Parts
Ghost Rails : for saxophone quartet / Nicholas Vines.
by Nicholas Vines (2021)
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- Instrumentation: Soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone.
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Growing up catching Sydney trains, I have always been fascinated by the cascade of mechanical and incidental noises these otherwise utilitarian machines produce. Ghost Rails is - at its heart - a celebration of this accidental music through the evocative medium of the saxophone quartet.
More particularly, the work is a sonic exploration of the mysterious and largely hidden spaces of Sydney's Central Station, especially the unused Platforms 26 and 27. From Central's origins as a cemetery and makeshift battlefield, through frightening apparitions and disembodied voices, to the platforms' rebirth as a hub for the new metro, Ghost Rails is a quintessentially Sydney story rendered in the sounds of its subject.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 set of 4 performance parts (88p. -- A4 (portrait))
Duration: 22 mins
I. Track (26,27).1 -- II. Devonshire Street Cemetery -- III. Track (26,27).2 -- IV. The Battle Of Central Station -- V. Track (26,27).3 -- VI. Spirit Children -- VII. Track (26,27).4 -- VIII. Hacking, Urbex-Style -- IX. Track (26,27).5 -- X. Sydney Metro Hub.
Commissioned by Nexas Quartet.
Typeset edition.
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