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Performance by Belinda Webster, Tim Kain from the CD Mirrors of fire |
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Mirrors of fire : Australian guitar originals / Timothy Kain, guitar.
Library shelf no. CD 1379 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Surface Tension was written for Timothy Kain and premiered by him in March 1999. The title alludes to liquids and the unstable tension of their surface-film. The music begins with an underlying tension, this builds up and then breaks-out in the second half of the piece. Formally the work is in three sections; an opening 'toccata', then a sort of pent-up 'moto perpetuo' that leads to a free 'passacaglia' over a ground bass. The 'ground' is actually the opening passage of the toccata!
— Richard Charlton, June 1999
Work Details
Year: 1999, this version: 1998
Instrumentation: Guitar.
Duration: 5 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: In 3 sections.
Dedication note: Dedicated to Tim Kain
Commission note: Commissioned by Tim Kain.
First performance: by Tim Kain — 12 Mar 99. Brunswick Festival, Melbourne
Performances of this work
8 Oct 2011: at Greenwood Classical Guitar Society concert (Greenwood Centre (UK)). Featuring John Couch.
12 Mar 99: Brunswick Festival, Melbourne. Featuring Tim Kain.
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