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Performance by Barbara Durham from the CD Blowing in the wind |
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CD
Blowing in the wind : Australia / composed & performed by Barbara Durham.
Library shelf no. CD 1709 [Available for loan]
Score
Blowing in the wind : five pieces for advanced solo piano / Barbara Durham.
Library shelf no. 786.2/DUR 1 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
This piece was inspired by the treacherous sea building up and
subsiding along with the wind. The dramatic atmosphere is
enhanced by the inaccessible huge rocks below the Split Point
Lighthouse: Eagle Rock
where the eagles nest and Wedding Cake Rock where the waves wash
over it leaving a frothy white 'icing' (cf. bars 8 - 13). Careful
use of the sustaining pedal is necessary to bring out the
harmonies and touches to
enhance melodic fragments and thematic material (eg., Bars 14 -
23).
I recommend that you play the contrasting sister piece Calm
Waves Washing on the Beach (from 'Relaxation for Piano: Back
to Nature') before playing this piece because there are related
harmonic fragments and thematic material.
Work Details
Year: 2003
Instrumentation: Piano.
Duration: 2 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: dedicated to the Split Point Lighthouse, Aireys Inlet
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