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Shout, Sisyphus, Flock for six instruments
RSN:
71030
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Composition Date:
2015
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:12:00
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Call Number
MI 8655 C972sh
Genre
Mixed Sextets, Woodwind(s) / Percussion / Keyboard(s) / Bowed String(s)
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2016-05-24
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Physical Description
Found 2 record(s)
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Extent of Item
Score
6 parts
Instrumentation
Found 6 record(s)
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Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
50932
Woodwinds
Flute
1
50932
Woodwinds
Bass clarinet
1
50932
Percussion
Percussion
1
50932
Keyboard
Piano
1
50932
Strings, bowed
Violin
1
50932
Strings, bowed
Violoncello
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
23 Apr 2016, Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur, Montreal Transmission Ensemble Conductor: Lorraine Vaillancourt
Shout, Sisyphus, Flock was commissioned by Montreal’s Transmission Ensemble (in association with New Music Concerts, Toronto) with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts. As the title suggests, there are three movements of about 4 minutes each, each based on words I taped to the piano early in the composing process (Shout, Sisyphus and Flock) that I hoped described the feeling of each movement I was trying to write. In the first, Shout, I was interested in colouring crescendos in the woodwinds with bright overlapping patterns in the ensemble. Towards the end, everything rises to even brighter, higher textures. The second movement, Sisyphus, features rising and falling textures that are inexorably linked to one another. Like the myth of Sisyphus, the gestures evoke the frustration of an inevitable tumble that follows every hard-fought rise. The third movement, Flock, features droning textures that give way to flutter-like tremolos in the winds and strings. Rather than imitating an actual flock of birds, I was more interested in creating a dreamlike and intimate atmosphere, where fluttering gestures come and go. With great thanks to the Transmission Ensemble and Lorraine Vaillancourt for their work on this music and for Transmission and New Music Concerts’ commission of this piece.
Shout, Sisyphus, Flock (volée, troupeau) Shout, Sisyphus, Flock résulte d’une commande de l’Ensemble Transmission de Montréal et de New Music Concerts de Toronto, grâce à l’appui du Conseil des Arts du Canada. Comme le titre le suggère, il y a trois mouvements d’environ 4 minutes chacun. Chaque mouvement est basé sur un des trois mots que j’avais collés sur mon piano au tout début du processus de composition. « Shout » (Cri), « Sisyphus » et « Flock » (volée) décrivaient, je l’espérais, le sentiment de chaque mouvement que j’essayais d’écrire. Dans le premier mouvement, Shout, j’étais surtout intéressé par la couleur des crescendos dans les vents ainsi que par les patrons lumineux qui se chevauchaient dans l’ensemble. Vers la fin du mouvement, ces textures s’élèvent (s’envolent) et s’éclaircissent. Le deuxième mouvement, Sisyphus, comporte d’autres textures, cette fois ascendantes et descendantes, mais enchaînées inexorablement ensembles. Comme le mythe de Sisyphe le suggère, le geste évoque la frustration de l’inévitable chute qui suit chaque ascension. Le troisième mouvement, Flock, est caractérisé par des textures bourdonnantes cédant la voie aux battements en trémolos des vents et des cordes. Plutôt que d’imiter un vol des oiseaux, je cherchais à créer une atmosphère onirique et intime où des balancements flottent.
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Calgary
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