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Work Overview
Charles Harpur has been a somewhat neglected early Australian poet. He wrote during the early- to mid-nineteenth Century and was one of the first poets and writers to use Australian subject matter rather than European.
His poem, A Poet's Home, depicts a day in the life of the poet and his wife and is set in a mixed farming context near a stream or "rill". Harpur grew up in the Hawkesbury region and lived and worked in the Upper Hunter during most of his adult life. He owned a farm near Eurobodalla in the later part of his life.
This piece closely follows the poem from pre-dawn early light through to a starry evening moon rise. You will hear bird calls along with their fluttering flight, the trickling rill, leaves stirring, insect hums, soil being tilled, a noonday rest, maybe even smell the orchard fruit, see the sun setting and the stars slowly appearing before the moon rise, all enhanced through the lense of love.
Work Details
Year: 2020
Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 3 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet in B flat, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 3 trumpets in B flat, flugelhorn, 4 horns in F, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba, double bass, timpani, 2 percussion, piano.
Duration: 10 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Written for: Grainger Wind Symphony
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