Work
Sydney singing : for solo clarinet and chamber orchestra
by Peter Sculthorpe (2002, this version: 2003)
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From the CD Requiem |
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CD
Four Winds Festival 2006.
Version: This product features the Oboe with piano version of this work
Library shelf no. CD 1794 [Available for loan]
Score
Sydney singing : for solo clarinet and chamber orchestra / Peter Sculthorpe.
Library shelf no. 784.32862/SCU 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
This work lovingly describes my feelings about certain well-known
places in Sydney. It makes references to popular music and its
five movements, all very straightforward are motivically related.
The movements are: Prelude, From Bondi Beach, At Circular Quay,
From Kings Cross, and Postlude.
Following the Prelude, the second movement, the longest, is
concerned with lazy days spent at Bondi Beach. The third movement
begins and ends with night sounds on water, its central section
suggesting music floating across from the Opera House.
In the fourth movement, I recall a time in my youth, when I lived
in Kings Cross writing music for the theatre. A part of 'The Last
Post' is used in this movement, referring to the El Alamein
Fountain. Bringing the work to a close, the Postlude refers to
earlier material.
Work Details
Year: 2002, this version: 2003
Instrumentation: Clarinet in B flat, percussion, harp, strings.
Duration: 17 min.
Contents note: 1. Prelude -- 2. Bondi Beach -- 3. Circular Quay -- 4. Kings Cross -- 5. Postlude.
Written for: SBS Youth Orchestra
Commission note: This arrangement was made especially for the SBS Youth Orchestra, upon a request from its conductor, Matthew Krel.
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Sydney
Performances of this work
6 Jul 02: Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, [UK]. Featuring Nicholas Daniel, Julius Drake.
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