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Work Overview
In July 2022, I drove 1000km west from my home close to the easternmost edge of Australia to the tiny town of Quilpie in Channel Country.
I was struck by the space, the hugeness of vistas, the shimmering mirages on horizon, and the dotting of trees and fence lines that danced in the distance, and vibrant greens against red earth.
This piece is inspired by my experience of this landscape. It is conceived as a series of sonic landscape paintings that depict various moods from storm clouds smothering the landscape, to the riotous wildflowers after rain, to the verdant green of budding plants sprouting out of red earth. Movements can be performed individually or as a cycle.
Work Details
Instrumentation: 2 Flutes, oboe, 2 clarinet in B Flat, 2 clarinets in A, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, percussion 1 (movements 3-5 only: timpani tuned to D, bass drum, woodblock, tambourine, seed shaker, rainstick), percussion 2 (movements 3-5 only: crash cymbal, tom-tom, bass drum, xylophone, large gong or tam tam), strings.
Duration: 23 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Contents note: 1. Iridescent green dances across red earth -- 2. Gently blooming, a kaleidoscope of wildflowers turn to face the sun -- 3. Heavy clouds press the earth, stormbirds cry -- 4. Awaken dormant seeds and blanket me with colour (After the rains) -- 5. Horizon stretches far and wide
Commission note: Originally co-commissioned by Alex Raineri and Brisbane Music Festival and the APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund (in partnership with the Australian Music Centre and SOUNZ)
Performances of this work
9 Dec 2022: at Between Us (St John's Cathedral, Brisbane). Featuring Thea Rossen, Courtenay Cleary, Jeremy Stafford, Luke Carbon, Miriam Niessl, Daniel Shearer.
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