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Work Overview
This waking moment is a work written for the strings of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.
The commission brief was to write a work befitting the opening of MCO's 2025 season, one of new beginnings, of forward looking optimism. This waking moment is a multilayered, textural work depicting a sunrise over water from land as a metaphor for a work about change from a singular, physical ly grounded vantage point. The piece captures points of micro and macro focus of sunrise, and through particular textures and dynamics blurs other parts of this imaginary scenery as the light changes. It also balances the predictable inevitabil ity of sunrise with the unpredictability of how it might manifest on any given day, through its composition and the inherent nature of a delicately balanced work for 16 individual voices.
My thanks to Artistic Director Sophie Rowell and MCO for commissioning this work, and for many years of musical friendship.
Matt Laing, 01/25
Work Details
Year: 2025
Instrumentation: String orchestra (5.4.3.3.1).
Duration: 11 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: Commissioned by Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.
First performance: by Melbourne Chamber Orchestra at Daybreak (Melbourne Recital Centre) on 9 Mar 2025
Performances of this work
6 Mar 2025: at Daybreak (Melbourne Recital Centre). Featuring Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.
9 Mar 2025: at Daybreak (Melbourne Recital Centre). Featuring Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.
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