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Performance by Topology from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 102. |
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Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 102.
Library shelf no. CD 3010 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This work is inspired by architecture, specifically with an imagined entrance of a large temple, probably a Dravidian temple in South India, though it could apply to any large building. Originally this was a movement of "Four Places", a cross-cultural work for hand drum, shakuhachi and cello, commissioned for Riley Lee as part of the Australian Festival of Asian Music and Dance. It evolved into something quite different with this version for Topology, and has had many different incarnations. It shows a lot of influence from my composition teacher Terry Riley, and is intensively inside a mode - the melodic minor.
Work Details
Year: 1998
Instrumentation: Soprano saxophone, violin, double bass, piano.
Duration: 18 min.
Difficulty: Medium — Involves some improvisation
Commission note: Commissioned by the Australian Institute of Eastern Music
First performance: by Topology — 14 Mar 98. The Old Queensland Museum, Brisbane
Subjects
- Influenced by: Post-minimalism
- Influenced by: Minimalism
Performances of this work
30 Nov 2011: at Topology & the Kransky Sisters (Brisbane Powerhouse). Featuring Topology.
13 Jul 2011: at Takadimi (Brisbane Powerhouse).
13 May 2011: at Takadimi - Topology with William Barton & Dheeraj Shrestha (Powerhouse Theatre).
14 Mar 98: The Old Queensland Museum, Brisbane. Featuring Topology.
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