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Trees and lightning / Wendy Hiscocks
by Wendy Hiscocks (2007)
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Many of the descriptions in literature and music about Australia
focus on a flat or drought-ridden landscape but for me,
Australia's flora and fauna and natural weather patterns created
an environment that was vibrant and exciting. It is these images
and experiences that are expressed in the various musical
chapters of a larger collection of piano solos titled Scenes
from an Australian Childhood.
Trees & Lightning begins with an approaching storm
over a national park, the heavy and intense stillness of the air
contained by the suppressed dynamics of the opening bars against
which there are bursts of lightning and brooding thunder. This
eases forward into the central waltz where the artistic
perspective alters to below the treeline. Here one is looking up
at the trees (gums, eucalyptus etc.) whose white limbs are
transformed in the lightning to reveal them moving in a fantastic
dance.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (9p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 5 mins
Commissioned by Scott McCarrey.
First performance by Scott McCarrey — 15 Nov 07. McKay auditorium, Brigham Young University, Hawaii
Includes programme note.
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-67309-736-0
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