Sheet Music: ScoreMemory : for flute solo and ensemble / Jack Symonds.by Jack Symonds (2021)
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This flute concerto burrows into the
processes of remembering. How can music 'remember' - other
people, other notes? The first movement is a decayed memory of
the opening of Allan Pettersson's Thirteenth Symphony, a work of
extreme instability and energetic violence seen from afar, after
time has perhaps erased much of its anger - what is left?
The central movement creates a representation of 'Damnatio
Memoriae' - a purging from society's collective memory, or a
rewriting of history. A series of variations progressively have
their musical 'identities' erased by a repeating gesture that
attempts to extinguish the soloist - here cast as an antagonist
to be purged from the landscape.
The final movement considers the Hapax - something that only
occurs once in a work. Would we recognise and remember if it we
heard it? Curlicues of bass flute melody infold themselves in a
hall of mirrors where all events are reflected and repeated
except one - the key to unlocking the piece.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (61p. -- A4 (landscape))
Difficulty: Advanced — Advanced flute technique, microtones
Duration: 15 mins
I. Crippled hommage à A.P. ... a distanza -- II. Damnatio Memoriae -- III. Hapax.
Commissioned by Ensemble Offspring.
First performance by Ensemble Offspring at Ensemble Offspring: Shivers on Speed (Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room) on 28 Oct 2021
Includes program and performance notes.
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc in relation to this work:
microtonal, flute solos
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979-0-720245-31-7
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Parts: Memory : for flute solo and ensemble / Jack Symonds.
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