Audio Sample
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Performance by Ian Holtham from the CD Inspirations |
Work Overview
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) composed about 555 piano sonatas. His sonatas had a distinctive structure on which Glisten is based. The commonalities include the duration and distinctive binary form. Scarlatti often distinguished the two parts of the structure with a pause (termed 'crux' by musicologist Ralph Kirkpatrick). Glisten also includes a crux. The use of modulation as a development tool is important in the development of both the Scarlatti sonatas and Glisten.
The starting
point in the writing of this piece comes from a few bars of another
work that Abbott was writing at the time: Introduced
Species for orchestra. The main motif was taken from one of
the motifs found in the second movement of the work, where
programmatically, light is glistening on the spray of the ocean's
waves.
Work Details
Year: 2013
Instrumentation: Piano.
Duration: 4 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Dedicated to my childhood piano teacher Mavis Shannon on the occasion of her 100th birthday (January 2013)
Commission note: Commissioned by Ian Holtham.. Commissioned for 'Inspirations' (Tall Poppies).
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Sonatas
Performances of this work
23 Oct 2023: at Festival Gala #1 | Brisbane Music Festival (FourthWall Arts). Featuring Alex Raineri.
22 May 2020: at Caroline Almonte & Blair Harris (Live streaming event (online only)). Featuring Caroline Almonte.
4 Apr 2019: at Maps to the Stars (Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon). Featuring Caroline Almonte.
12 Jul 2018: at Stefan Cassomenos: a piano recital (Schott Recital Room (London)). Featuring Stefan Cassomenos.
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