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Digital Audio AlbumMusaic : Anne Cawrse / performed by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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| Work | Composer | Performers | Duration | |
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| Musaic (2007) for large chamber ensemble Recorded/performed at: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's 2007 Metropolis Series. CUB Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne., on 5 May 07. |
Anne Cawrse | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Field | 9 mins, 48 sec. |
Product details
From award-winning Australian composer Anne Cawrse: an orchestral work full of light in all its colours. Musaic was commissioned for and premiered by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2007; ABC Classic is delighted to now make that live concert recording available across digital platforms for streaming and download.
Zoom in on Musaic with a musical microscope and you would see that the entire 10-minute work is constructed from a single musical interval. But with that interval tessellated, superimposed onto itself in a myriad of ways to create a musical mosaic, the result is a brilliant kaleidoscope of colours and textures.
Structured as a series of six contrasting dances that flow one into the other without a break, Musaic journeys through a vast landscape of musical emotions: darkly ominous passages, plaintive odes, exultant proclamations and blissfully serene dreamlike phrases. Tuned and, in particular, metal percussion helps the work glisten and sparkle through both sombre and joyous moments. Just as the chequered squares of coloured glass in a mosaic combine together to produce a picture or pattern, so the individual dances of Musaic create a whole bigger than its parts.
Duration: 10 min.
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