Sheet Music: Performance Parts
Hyphae / Olivia Bettina Davies.
by Olivia Davies (2024)
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- Instrumentation: 2 Flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, clarinet in B flat, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion (vibraphone, bass drum), harp, strings (15.13.11.9.7).
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Hyphae (pronounced high-fee), are long branching
filaments that form the underground fungal network known as
Mycelium. At a fundamental level, individual Hypha grow in two
key steps-they branch, and they fuse. I was initially inspired by
Mycelium more broadly-a living network that is the connective
tissue of our world-but I found myself drawn to its most basic
component, and more specifically, how it grows.
The music begins with a single pitch, a drone shared between
individual strings. Sudden accents give way to new tones,
sustained against the initial drone. As the music unfolds, more
parts are added, and more pitches are introduced-branching
away from the starting tone. Naturally, the piece becomes
increasingly dense, culminating in a chromatic web of lines that
weave around each other.
As I wrote the piece, I held an image in mind of Hyphae
extending, branching and fusing. It is a world that I found rich
and poetic, both beautiful and dark, hidden in plain sight.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 set of 38 performance parts (146p. -- A4 (portrait))
Duration: 10 mins
First performance by West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Matvienko — 1 Aug 24. Perth Concert Hall, Western Australia
Includes program and performance notes.
Typeset edition.
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