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Suspended preludes, opus 49

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Suspended preludes, opus 49 : for double bass and piano [solo tuning] / Andrew Schultz.

by Andrew Schultz (1993)

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  • Instrumentation: Double bass, piano.
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    Performance by Stephen Reeves, Stephen Emmerson from the CD Suspended preludes: chamber music volume two

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From 1993, Suspended Preludes makes great use of diverse sound sources, given the limited instrumentation, double bass and piano. The work, dedicated to Belinda Webster, was commissioned by Tall Poppies and the Australia Council, and first performed by Steve Reeves (who edited the double bass part) and Roland Peelman at the University of Wollongong in November 1993.
The first of the preludes, Resonate, fulfils the function of an introduction. Double bass chords played pizzicato with three fingers combine with strumming from 'bottom to top'. The piano is instructed to release the pedal on its last chord 'very slowly'. At the beginning of To sleep, the piano is instructed to wedge a piece of rubber between B and C. The double bass, playing arco, builds up a form of sighing, punctuated with pizzicato on the open strings E and A (the bass's tuning is a tone above orchestral tuning). The end is articulated with glassy wide-leaping piano notes. The somnolent mood is broken with very vigorous tapping on or inside the piano (Piano drum).
We are then into a very passionate alternation of dissonant seventh and ninth chords which breaks into arpeggiated versions ('Rocks in slow flight' - a phrase from a poem by David Malouf), before being 'grounded' in prelude 5. The sixth prelude is called Gravity (one would think ironically given the tempo instruction 'very fast and crisp') but the instruments struggle to escape the earth-boundedness of ostinato. The work returns to the contemplativeness of earlier moments in Trans, before finishing with 'joyous' strokes.
Note by Gordon Kalton Williams, c.

Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score 20p. -- A4 (portrait)) and 1 part (10p. -- A4 (portrait))

Difficulty: Advanced

Duration: 12 min.

Contents note:

1. Resonate -- 2. To sleep -- 3. Piano drum -- 4. 'Rocks in slow flight' -- 5. Ground -- 6. Gravity - 7. Trans.

Dedicated to Belinda Webster

Commissioned by Tall Poppies with funds provided by Australia Council. Music Board.

First performance by Roland Peelman, Stephen Reeves — Jun 93. University of Wollongong

Includes performance notes.

Revised February 2020.

Typeset edition.

This edition produced 7 Feb 20.

ISMN: 979-0-67311-448-7


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