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Hyphae

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

Commission info: Commissioned for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra by Prue Ashurst.

First performance by West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Matvienko — 1 Aug 24. Perth Concert Hall, Western Australia

Includes program and performance notes.

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