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Works for orchestra [or] large ensemble / Brett Dean.
Library shelf no. CD 1177 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
The verb "disperse" in its many and varied meanings serves as the
starting point for this piece. It can range in meaning from
scattering widely in different directions to the more
passive leavetaking to go in different ways, or even
more specific scientific terms, such as distributing small
particles in a medium (chemistry) or dividing white
light into its coloured constituents (physics). "Dispersal",
in colonial Australian parlance, was a widely used euphemism for
the pursuit and mass slaughter of Aborigines.
The quotation at the end is from Charles Hubert Parry's tune
"Intercessor", which usually accompanies the hymn O
brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother by the
American abolitionist poet, John Greenleaf Whittier.
Dispersal was co-commissioned by the Adelaide Symphony and BBC
Symphony Orchestras for the ASO's Federation Fanfare Project in
the 2001 Concert Season and for the BBC Symphony's tour of
Australia in May 2002.
Work Details
Year: 2001
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (all doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd doubling cor anglais), 3 clarinets in B flat (2nd and 3rd doubling bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contra-bassoon), 4 horns in F, piccolo trumpet in D, 3 trumpets in B flat (3rd doubling bass trumpet in E flat), 3 trombones (1st doubling bass trumpet if not played by 3rd trumpet), tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), harp, piano, strings.
Duration: 5 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra.
First performance: by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller — 9 Nov 01. Festival Theatre, Adelaide
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Fanfares
Performances of this work
13 Oct 2013: at ACO (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall). Featuring The Consort of Melbourne, ANAM Orchestra of the Academy, Australian Chamber Orchestra.
11 Oct 2013: at ACO (Palais Theatre (St Kilda)). Featuring The Consort of Melbourne, Australian Chamber Orchestra, ANAM Orchestra of the Academy.
9 Nov 01: Festival Theatre, Adelaide. Featuring Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller.
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