Sheet Music: Performance Parts
Queensland at home / Robert Davidson
by Robert Davidson (2009)
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- Instrumentation: Soprano saxophone, violin, viola, double bass, piano. (Normally performed with the film by Sally Golding, but may be performed as instrumental music)
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Audio Sample
Performance by Topology from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 102.
Product details
Composed as a film piece with Sally Golding. Home movies from the State Library of Queensland, most dating from the 1920s-1930s, depict unstaged daily domestic life with music that is tender, direct, exciting and ultimately elegaic.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 set of 5 performance parts (95p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — Some parts are easy, others require rhythmic expertise
Duration: 42 mins
Commissioned by Queensland Music Festival.
First performance by Topology at Queensland at Home (Majestic Theatre, Pomona) on 1 Aug 2009
The composer cites as influences on the work: film music, Terry Riley, Erik Satie, Sufjan Stevens, Jon Brion, Thomas Newman.
Co-composed with Julia Davidson.
May be played without film, but the piece is designed to be performed with Sally Golding's film, the performers synchronising by use of a click track.
Typeset edition.
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