Sheet Music: Performance Parts
Guwara : for string orchestra / Christopher Sainsbury.
by Christopher Sainsbury (2022)
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- Instrumentation: Strings.
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Guwara means high wind, and the piece suggests early Spring in Australia when the winds are up. I am a descendant of those Aboriginal people placed in Australia's first mission - the Dharug of the Sydney region. It is a word from my Dharug language, and using it through the piece is participating in our language recovery. At times the work uses a melody thickening and reverb technique between Violins I and Violins II where one part imitates the other a half a beat later, a bit hard but a great effect when it works, and the kids got it in the first performance. The cellos and basses under them play in gusts and bursts.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 set of 5 performance parts (17p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — For tertiary students or professional players
Duration: 4 min.
Commissioned by Melbourne String Ensemble.
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc in relation to this work:
Dag Wiren's Serenade for Strings.
Typeset edition.
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