Score
Dunrossil Elms : for orchestra / Alexander Voltz.
Library shelf no. 784.2/VOL 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
There is, to the west of Capital Hill, a secluded stretch of road called Dunrossil Drive. Named after The Viscount Dunrossil, it veers off from Cotter Road, leading up to Government House and all the way lined with avenues of elm trees. As the morning sun rises on Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin, those old elms sway gently with the frosty breeze, watching, standing constant alike wooden sentinels as powerful comers and goers pass them by. And these trees are ever listening; they have heard secrets and lies and the most scandalous of rumours. Princes have sought their shade and governments have sifted through their branches into nothing. Revere these Dunrossil elms, for they have outgrown and outlived many.
Work Details
Year: 2024
Instrumentation: 3 Flutes (piccolo), 3 oboes (cor anglais), 3 clarinets in B flat (bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussion, harp, celesta, piano, strings.
Duration: 20 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: For my grandmother, R. I. Voltz
Prizes/Awards: Symphonic Category, 19th George Enescu International Competition (Romania).
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