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Folksongs
for piccolo, percussion and harp
piccolo, percussion and harp
Product number: ED 31035
Edition: Score and parts
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Description
Folksongs is a piece about transformation and dichotomy. Its premise is to use very simple, almost homely materials, and to transform and manipulate them in complex ways.
The first movement uses a melody that sounds like a traditional Celtic or English pennywhistle tune, with a rhythmic pattern of non-metrically placed accents in the Doumbek, underneath all of which non-tonal and lush harmonies are spun out in the harp. These three strata change places instrumentally throughout the movement.
The second movement draws inspiration from a choir singing homophonic music—the collective force of rhythmic unison. Here, the two patterns are rhythmic and melodic: a color and a talea of differing lengths, so that the movement’s completion is not reached until these elements’ ends coincide.
The third movement is a piccolo solo, with three punctuating notes at various points from the harp and gong. It is a simple, songful melody: a shepherd playing for himself on a lonely hill.
The fourth and final movement is similar to the first in the non-metrically placed accents in the rhythmic patterns of the harp and tongue-drum. The melodic material is drawn from a simple 9-note scale in an E-based mode. The melodic pattern is stated three times at varying speeds in the piccolo, which is joined by a mensuration canon in the harp in the middle of the movement.
This piece was premiered by the MAYA trio, for whom it was commissioned and written.
- Hannah Lash
Orchestral Cast
pic-perc(doumbek, 5 small bells, small gong, garrahand tongue drum)-hp
Content
I ♩. = 112
II ♩ = 124
III ♩ = 40
IV ♪ = 216
II ♩ = 124
III ♩ = 40
IV ♪ = 216
More Information
Title:
Folksongs
for piccolo, percussion and harp
Edition:
Score and parts
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2010
Duration:
11 ′
World Premiere:
March 28, 2011 · New York, NY (USA)
Symphony Space
MAYA Trio
Symphony Space
MAYA Trio
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Ralph Kaminsky and Hester Diamond for the MAYA Trio
Technical Details
Product number:
ED 31035
ISBN13:
978-1-62721-037-9
Weight:
0,24 kg
Delivery rights:
Worldwide
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