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Of Light, Divided : for viola, violoncello and harp / Paul Nicolaou.
Library shelf no. 785.713/NIC 1 [Available for loan]
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Of Light, Divided is a sonic exploration of light, colour, and motion. The work experiments with musical illustration of the division, reflection, refraction and dispersion of light. It meditates upon light itself; light piercing through droplets of water forming a glorious arc across the sky, a baby absorbed by light and colour for the first time, a prism of glass dividing light into a sweeping array of colour that fills the space.
By taking a single pitch as a pure beam of light, this pitch can be divided in contrary motion, across its harmonic series, against the semitones surrounding it, and more. Moments of calm and momentum are passed around the ensemble as the light is divided and returns to its pure original form time and time again, before being divided once more.
A beam of light, so pure
Like sight which emerges from the womb-
The light divided from the darkness known till now.
Through raindrops, an arc
Which casts itself across the atmosphere;
The light pierces through Earth's watery bodies
And reflects, gently.
Through layers of glass
A prism, dividing the light, until
An explosion of colour - a spectrum of light fills the space
And reduces to a pure single beam, before
The light is divided once more.
Work Details
Year: 2023
Instrumentation: Harp, viola, cello.
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
First performance: by Sarah Zhu, James Monro, Paul Nicolaou — 6 Dec 23. St Jude's Bowral
Performances of this work
14 Apr 24: Wesley Music Centre. Featuring Sarah Zhu, Paul Nicolaou, James Monro.
9 Mar 24: Orange Regional Gallery
7 Dec 23: Wollongong Art Gallery. Featuring Sarah Zhu, James Monro, Paul Nicolaou.
6 Dec 23: St Jude's Bowral. Featuring Sarah Zhu, James Monro, Paul Nicolaou.
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