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Sheet Music: Score & Part(s)Huntington Eulogy : for cello and piano / Brett Dean.by Brett Dean (2001)
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"This work is in three movements and was commissioned by the BBC
for the German cellist Alban Gerhardt and the English pianist
Stephen Osborne. The title refers to the Huntington Estate winery
in Australia, home of the annual Huntington Music Festival with
which I've been happily associated since 1997.
The first two movements relate to the natural features and beauty
of the Mudgee region of New South Wales where Huntington is
located. The opening movement, Nightsky, is
characterised by a spacious, dark sense of mystery and awe, the
cello outlining various harmonic motives against a sparse
background of sounds drawn from inside the piano. The second
movement, Swarming, is a reflection upon a specific
occasion related to me where a swarm of bees bestowed an
altogether more dramatic and foreboding quality upon the calm
reflection of watching a summer sunrise. The final Elegy (for
Jason) is a simple offering, something of innocence and
consolation, written in memory of Jason Brodie (17.9.1980 - 17.6.
2001), a young assistant cellarmaster at Huntington who, despite
his failing health, retained an inspiring love of nature and an
endlessly positive, ambitious and courageous spirit."
© Brett Dean, 2001
Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from Boosey & Hawkes) — 1 score 20p. -- A4 (portrait)) and 1 part (12p. -- A4 (portrait))
Duration: 15 min.
I. Nightsky -- II. Swarming -- III. Elegy (for Jason).
First performance by Alban Gerhardt, Steven Osborne — 17 Jan 02. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester UK
Inclues program notes.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced Oct 02.
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