Score & Part
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano : Continental drift / Stuart Greenbaum.
Library shelf no. 787.5/GRE 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This Sonata for Double Bass and Piano was written for ANAM as part of the Greenbaum Sonata Project (low string sonatas). Commissioned by the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, it is the 10th in a series of sonatas undertaken in the new millennium.
The Melbourne Museum has a display of 6 spinning globes showing the state of the planet from over 4 billion years ago through to futuristic prediction of continental drift 100 million years hence. This work is in 6 movements, providing a musical reflection of our planetary evolution.
Work Details
Year: 2017
Instrumentation: Double bass, piano (bass may be gently amplified if desired).
Duration: 22 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: I. 4.4 billion years ago - Molten Earth (4 min.)-- II. 3.8 billion years ago - Oceans cover the planet (2 min.) -- III. 2.2 billion years ago - First Ice Age (3 min.) -- IV. 105 million years ago - Green Earth (2 min.)-- V. Our Earth Today (6 min.) -- VI. 100 million years on - Future Earth (5 min.).
Commission note: Commissioned by Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) with funds provided by Australia Council.. Written for ANAM Low String Sonatas Project
Videos
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Subjects
- In the form/style of: Sonatas
Performances of this work
25 Oct 2019: at Greenbaum Sonata Project: Cello & Double Bass (South Melbourne Town Hall). Featuring Hamish Gullick, Peter de Jager.
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