Abstract
Structurally and emotionally the music is about an emergence from darkness-the almost inaudible sounds and tensions arising from violent atmospheres into stronger utterances. The dirty 'blues-like' sounds that perforate the music come from rapidly changing pedal positions whilst a note is in play to create textural roughness and are complimented by single sliding notes as melodic emphasis devices. These colours span out into an array of colouristic techniques including Korean gayageum flicking techniques and Japanese koto grace-note gestures to energize both single notes and melodic phrases. What emerges in the work, from the opening cluster sounds, is the revealing of Japanese Gagaku-based sonorities and sadly arching melodic phrases that sit still and aching in the air but ruptured by bluesy fragments. The Yokohama skyline and its sudden juxtaposition of shapes that allow for the flow of peoples through the city inspired the structure of the music. In the music, near silent sounds gradually emerge, reappear and end the work amid denser sections that suddenly emerge in a series of juxtapositions; here the musical flow through time moves into sudden emergences of emotion and cathartic sound as its point. Instrumentation: Harp. Duration: 15 min.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Grosvenor Place, N.S.W. |
Publisher | Australian Music Centre |
Size | 1 score (iii, 10 pages) |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- composition (music)
- harp