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CD
2000 Australian composition resource kit / Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Library shelf no. CD 604 [Available for loan]
Score
Close to the edge : 8 pieces for orchestra / Roger Smalley.
Library shelf no. Q 784.2/SMA 3 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Year: 1995
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd doubling cor anglais), 3 clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contra bassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass), tuba, percussion (3 players), harp, celeste, timpani, strings (12.12.8.8.8).
Duration: 18 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: 1. Horizon I -- 2. Wave -- 3. Shoreline -- 4. Boat -- 5. Brisk wind -- 6. Lighthouse -- 7. Flotsam -- 8. Horizon II.
Commission note: Commissioned by Australian Broadcasting Commission with funds provided by Australia Council. Performing Arts Board.
First performance: by Hiroyuki Iwaki, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra — 24 Aug 95.
Analysis
Book: 2001 Years 3-4 resource kit / Sydney Symphony.
Book: 2000 Australian composition resource kit / Education Program, Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Performances of this work
14 Aug 2013: at Latitude 1: Perspectives (Astor Theatre). Featuring West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel.
24 Aug 95: featuring Hiroyuki Iwaki, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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