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Work Overview
The way in which we have and continue to derive meaning from stars across time is a curious phenomenon. Humans have physically mapped stars to navigate oceans and journey onwards or home, while also drawing deep spiritual and astrological significance from the creation of constellations and their respective lore. Accordingly, I now offer a third accompanying and contemporary commentary on their ecological prevalence and how they act as a reminder of our meaningful yet finite existence - where cosmic structures such as stars, suns and constellations that almost seem eternal, even are not.
This new work draws on newly-commissioned poetry, by my incomparable and regular collaborator Savanna Wegman, as a direct compositional touchstone and extra-musical manifestation of my concept. It structures the work in three sections played attacca capturing these derivations of stars: (1) embarking on a cosmic-mapped journey, (2) reaching a point of profound reflection gazing at the sky, then (3) reawakening in a lush yet urgent realisation of what we take for granted.
Work Details
Year: 2024
Instrumentation: Flute (doubles piccolo), oboe (doubles cor anglais), 2 clarinets in B flat (second doubles bass clarinet in B flat), bassoon, 2 horns in F, trumpet in C, trombone, tuba, timpani (2 drums – 32”, 29”), percussion (one player vibraphone, suspended cymbal),harp, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass
Duration: 9 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Dedicated to my incredible parents, Debra Le Nepveu and Thomas McIntyre, who taught me how to look up at the sky and draw my own stars.
Commission note: Commissioned by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.. composed as part of the 2024 Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers’ Program.
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