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Shadows Hold their Breath : for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion
by Nirmali Fenn (2022)
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Shadows Hold their Breath : for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion / Nirmali Fenn.
Library shelf no. 785.5415/NIR 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
The title is from Emily Dickinson's poem There's a Slant of Light: "When it comes, the Landscape listens - Shadows - hold their breath"
In my experiments with the ensemble, fascinating, shadowy sounds frequently emerged. These shadowy sounds, especially in the percussion, define transient qualities in the music that define background textures and circulate, through the ensemble, emerging as foreground features. Another consideration that impacted on the ensemble writing was that a shadow, depending on the slant of light, may magnify or compress the shape of the original object, bringing it into prominence.
Work Details
Year: 2022
Instrumentation: Alto flute, bass clarinet doubling on clarinet, violin, cello, percussion (marimba, ocean drum, 2 suspended cymbals, 5 thunder tubes)
Duration: 11 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by Noisy Women Commission, Ensemble Offspring.
First performance: by Ensemble Offspring at Another Future (Casula Powerhouse) on 4 Jun 2022
Performances of this work
4 Jun 2022: at Another Future (Casula Powerhouse). Featuring Ensemble Offspring.
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