Digital Audio Album
Songbirds / Ensemble Offspring.
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Work Overview
'Desert Rose' is the first movement of Four Desert Flowers, a suite of character pieces inspired by the names of wildflowers found in Australia. Named after Sturt's Desert Rose, this movement functions as a short prelude. It features oscillating, breeze-like melodic motion in the flute, supported by arid, undulating figures in the vibraphone. The movement concludes with a solitary high sustained note played by the flute depicting the innate stillness of the desert.
Work Details
Year: 2010
Instrumentation: Flute, vibraphone.
Duration: 3 min.
Written for: Ensemble Offspring
Subjects
- Inspired by: Birdsong
Performances of this work
9 Feb 2022: at Songbirds (Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon). Featuring Ensemble Offspring.
16 Aug 2019: at Birdsong at Dusk (Wollongong Town Hall). Featuring Ensemble Offspring.
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