CDGrotesque : and other chamber works / by Meta Overman.
|
$POA
This item may be available to purchase from the Australian Music Centre. |
Featured Australian works
Work | Composer | Performers | Duration | |
---|---|---|---|---|
|
Berceuse (1945) — duos: 2 pianos Recorded/performed at: Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on Mar 19. |
Meta Overman | Jeanell Carrigan, Tonya Lemoh | 4 mins, 35 sec. |
|
Galgenlieder — high voice with piano Recorded/performed at: Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on Mar 19. |
Meta Overman | Narelle Yeo, Jeanell Carrigan | 7 mins, 30 sec. |
|
Grotesque (1951) an operina in one act Recorded/performed at: Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on Mar 19. |
Meta Overman | Narelle Yeo, Sue Newsome, Jeanell Carrigan, Tonya Lemoh, Goetz Richter | 8 mins, 54 sec. |
|
Island songs (1956) — high voice with piano Recorded/performed at: Verbruggen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on Mar 19. |
Meta Overman | Narelle Yeo, Tonya Lemoh | 6 mins, 45 sec. |
|
Pegasus' Dance (1953) — duos: 2 pianos Recorded/performed at: Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on Mar 19. |
Meta Overman | Jeanell Carrigan, Tonya Lemoh | 2 mins, 45 sec. |
|
Sonata for clarinet and piano (1956) for clarinet with piano Recorded/performed at: Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on Mar 19. |
Meta Overman | Sue Newsome, Jeanell Carrigan | 10 mins, 46 sec. |
|
Sonata for viola and piano (1955) for viola with piano Recorded/performed at: Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on Mar 19. |
Meta Overman | Charlotte Fetherston, Jeanell Carrigan | 11 mins, 20 sec. |
|
Two Pieces for Two Pianos (1946) — duos: 2 pianos Recorded/performed at: Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on Mar 19. |
Meta Overman | Jeanell Carrigan, Tonya Lemoh | 5 mins, 13 sec. |
Product details
The Music of Meta Overman is innovative, individual, sometimes
humorous, expressing amazing creativity and powered by strong
visual imagery. The desire to express imagery in sound was
obvious from an early age when the young Meta would place picture
books on the piano and attempt to play what she could see. Her
musical language transforms images into musical concepts and
sounds and this intention is evident in all her compositions.
Grotesque is a tragic comedy with quite an absurd plot
involving an old man - the character played by the clarinettist,
a young girl, sung by the soprano and a ghost whose antics are
created by the sounds of the piano. Its structure is theme and
variations as in the original version for piano four hands and
the plot is described by a narrator. It is a little questionable
whether in a performance that is staged the narrator is really
necessary. In fact there is no mention of a narrator on the
original score though when recording the work a narrator could be
deemed necessary to outline the antics of the characters who
cannot be seen. In a staged version the characters create the
images and the "narration" on the score can be viewed as merely
stage directions. The dancer would therefore act out the antics
of the ghost and the instrumentalists would become the characters
described by the stage directions.
Liner notes include program notes.
Related products
CD: Sospiri : Australian music for clarinet & piano / Philippa Robinson, clarinet ; Josephine Allan, piano.
CD: The Songs of Miriam Hyde / Charlotte de Rothschild (soprano), Adrian Farmer (piano)
CD: Piano music for four hands. Vol. 1.
CD: Thrum / Jason Noble, Kim Cunio.
CD: The Keating tangos / Catherine McCorkill, clarinet, [and] Ian Munro, piano
User reviews
Be the first to share your thoughts, opinions and insights about this item.
To post a comment please login