Score
The Carnival of Extinct Animals : for piano 4 hands / Robert Davidson.
Library shelf no. 785.62121/DAV 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
A celebration of animals who have either vanished or are endangered, this work bases its melody and rhythmic material on the traces we have of these disappeared animals, from the gait of the Thylacine determining the rhythm to the extraordinarily melodic calls of the Sumatran Rhino becoming an aria.
Work Details
Year: 2021
Instrumentation: Piano (four hands).
Duration: 23 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Synchronising with click track and pre-recorded audio
Contents note: I. Marsh warbler -- II. Sumatran rhino -- III. Bachman's warbler -- IV. Thylacine -- V. Ivory-billed woodpecker.
Commission note: Commissioned by Viney-Grinberg Piano Duo.
Performances of this work
15 Oct 2022: at Australian Piano Duo Festival (Nickson Room). Featuring Australian Piano Duo.
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