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Drawing inflorescence : (firewheel) : for solo piano

by Diana Blom (2016)

Drawing inflorescence (firewheel)

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Drawing inflorescence (firewheel) : for solo piano / Diana Blom.

Library shelf no. 786.2/BLO 13 [Not for loan]

Work Overview

The title and influences for this work come from two sources. First, the exquisitely detailed botanical illustrations of my friend, Australian artist Elizabeth Cooper, whose work is held in the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the Victorian State Botanical Collection and the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria, as well as in private collections in Australia and overseas. Her drawings of the Australian rainforest tree, Stenocarpus sinuatus (Firewheel Tree), with its distinctive wheel-like inflorescences and mature fruits and seeds, shaped the work, the sound gestures and the sustain pedal as 'sound brush' colouring specified notes and note groups. The second influence was Deanna Petherbridge's book, The Primary of Drawing (2010), which explains and illustrates technical drawing terms such as pentimento, grisaille, chiaroscuro, parerga, reverso, ébauche and line itself. Several of these have been drawn into the work. A companion piece for piano and toy piano (one player), Drawing Firewheels, explores similar sound concepts.

Work Details

Year: 2016

Instrumentation: Piano and toy piano (1 player).

Difficulty: Advanced — AMEB Grade 8 to AMus/LMus

Written for: Michael Kieran Harvey

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Performances of this work

12 Nov 2017: at Melbourne Composers' League Elbow Room Concert & CD Launch (Montsalvat). Featuring Danae Killian.

8 Dec 2016: at Multiple Keyboards - new works for piano duet & 2-4 pianos/toy pianos (Theme and Variations (Willoughby)).

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