Score
ANZAC : for solo flute, clarinet, flugelhorn (trumpet), trombone, violin, electric guitar, cello, piano and percussion, and orchestra / Barry Conyngham.
Library shelf no. 784.2/CON 10 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This work for orchestra and nine soloists is a personal reflection on the ANZAC phenomenon. The nine soloists, supported by the orchestra, may be seen as suggesting characters, moods, images, or memories, in dream-like references to confusion, nostalgia, ceremony and contradiction.
The work is in two parts, each having a number of continuous sections. Here they are, with (in brackets) the soloists featured.
Part 1
Dawn (Trumpet, all soloists) ; Fearful (Violin, Cello) ;
Thoughtful (Clarinet, Guitar) ; Apprehensive (Clarinet, Piano,
Guitar) ; Nostalgic (Violin)
Part 2
Authoritative (Trombone, Piano, Guitar, Trumpet) ; Bucolic
(Flute, Cello) ; Fragmented (Cello, Violin) ; Chaotic (All
soloists) ; Earthy (Marimba); Dusk (all soloists).
Work Details
Year: 2014
Instrumentation: Solo instruments: flute, clarinet, flugelhorn (trumpet), trombone, violin, electric guitar, cello, piano and percussion ; Orchestra: Piccolo, flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet in B flat, bass clarinet in B flat, bassoon, contra-bassoon, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (2 players), strings.
Difficulty: Advanced
First performance: by Brett Dean, University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Barry Conyngham: ANZAC (Iwaki Auditorium) on 31 Aug 2014
Analysis
Resonate article: Barry Conyngham on teaching, learning and the stuff of music by Anni Heino
Videos
ANZAC (excerpts) by Barry ConynghamProfessor Barry Conyngham talks about his career, music influences and his new composition, ANZAC, written for and performed by the University of Melbourne Orchestra featuring the staff of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. |
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Commemoration of war
- Has as subject/About: ANZAC
Performances of this work
31 Aug 2014: at Barry Conyngham: ANZAC (Iwaki Auditorium). Featuring Brett Dean, University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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