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Work Overview
Pulse • Heart • Beat is a short, exhuberant work for chamber orchestra or mixed instrumental ensemble that explores the notions of pulse manifesting as both pitch and rhythm.
The piece opens like a machine
snorting and grunting and eventually kicking in. After the
initial dark texture with machine-like low pulses and high unison
lines, the piece gradually rises in register, letting in
more light through a series of process-driven episodes. Once the
piece reaches its highest register, a new section begins, which
sounds not dissimilar to a CD player with a skipping problem or a
bass guitar riff gone mad. Here a flamboyant Jimi Hendrix
inspired violin solo takes over, hurtling the piece back towards
the unison texture of the opening material.
Work Details
Year: 1998, this version: 2005
Instrumentation: Flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet, bass clarinet (doubling clarinet), violin, viola, cello, piano.
Duration: 9 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
First performance: by Sonic Art Ensemble — Jul 05. Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Originally titled Throb, and later Throbbing.
Revised and re-titled in 2015. Previous version had the title 'Throbbing'.
Originally composed for the Brisbane quartet Perihelion. It has been considerably revised and 're-mixed' in this version.
Subjects
- Inspired by: Popular music
Performances of this work
31 Mar 23: Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NSW
14 Sep 2019: at Momentum Ensemble (Trackdown Scoring Stage, The Entertainment Quarter). Featuring Momentum Ensemble, Daniel Carter.
26 Mar 2016: at Four Winds: Sound Shell Saturday (Four Winds Sound Shell).
12 Jan 11: National Music Camp All Stars (Australian Youth Orchestra), Adelaide. Featuring Edwin Outwater.
10 Sep 2010: at Throbbing (Verbrugghen Hall). Featuring SCM Modern Music Ensemble, Anthony Clarke.
17 Aug 05: Bangalow Festival, Bangalow, NSW. Featuring Collusion.
Jul 05: Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Featuring Sonic Art Ensemble.
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