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Sheet Music: ScorePrelude for a psalm : for piano / by Stephen Holgate.by Stephen Holgate (1982)
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Prelude for a Psalm for piano was conceived as a sketch for part of an intended orchestral work based on Psalm 55, with its themes of prayer, petition and treachery in friendship. The work was premiered by Melbourne-based pianist Kathy Stavridis on 12 June 1982 at a 'New Audience' recital at the University of Melbourne and broadcast on ABC Radio National 13 September 1982. Together with Holgate's other concert works from this period, Prelude for a Psalm explores the integration and juxtaposition of conventionally based musical language ('macro' level of melody and harmony) with contemporary textural ideas and techniques, specifically the so-called 'spectral' or 'sound synthesis' techniques of innovative new-generation French composers Tristan Murail and Gerard Grisey, who were leaders at the 1980 Darmstadt International Summerschool of New Music in Germany, attended by Holgate. Broadly speaking, complex acoustic phenomena such as the overtone spectra, modulation, filters, formants etc (which contribute to the differences in naturally occurring sounds) are orchestrated or synthesized using acoustic instruments to create a dynamic web of evolving textures and sonic clusters. Other concert works of Holgate from this period employing spectral and sound synthesis processes include - Prelude for a Psalm for piano; Diptych for mixed instrumental ensemble; Continuum for orchestra; In the Beginning for choir, baritone, percussion and organ; To the Heavens for woodwind quintet; From the Depths for orchestra; Moments from Return for piano; Return to the Centre for orchestra; On a Dark Night for solo violin; Morning Glory: Radiant Night for secondary school resources.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (6p. -- A3 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 8 min.
This is a handwritten edition — it is not typeset.
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