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Moments of falling : for string orchestra / Stuart Greenbaum.
Library shelf no. 784.7/GRE 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
This piece
is dedicated to Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, and particularly in
respect to his Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
(1977/1980). I first heard it in 1987 as a 20-year-old
undergraduate student. I was deeply impressed and some months
later in 1988, I attempted a similar mensuration canon structure,
but in a compound metre and also incorporating a phasing
technique learned from Steve Reich. Just another experiment in a
long line of minimalist pieces I wrote at that time - this one
was excitingly called 'process #19'.
But this particular 'process' stayed with me and in 1990 I made
an electronic version for a play, Atlanta (Joanna
Murray-Smith) involving a woman in her late twenties, who has
'moments of falling' where she imagines what it must be like to
walk through glass and come out on the other side. And so the
title stuck. In 1996, I orchestrated the piece for strings, which
is now the final version.
The most overtly minimalist piece I have written, Moments of
Falling is constructed around a cascading 16-note motive in
the Aeolian mode. It features a high degree of repetition, but as
the motive is overlaid at different speeds in different octaves,
no bar is ever exactly the same.
Work Details
Year: 1996
Instrumentation: String orchestra.
Duration: 6 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Dedicated to Arvo Pärt
First performance: by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Leif Sundstrup — 20 Feb 97. Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne
Composer's no. GRT 033
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Minimalism
Performances of this work
1 Jun 2012: at Young Virtuosi of MLC School (City Recital Hall). Featuring Karen Carey, MLC School String Orchestra.
14 Jul 11.
13 Jul 11.
14 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC)). Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Helena Rathbone.
12 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (City Recital Hall). Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Helena Rathbone.
12 Jul 11.
11 Jul 11.
11 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (QPAC Concert Hall). Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Helena Rathbone.
10 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall). Featuring Helena Rathbone, Australian Chamber Orchestra.
10 Jul 11.
9 Jul 11.
9 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (City Recital Hall). Featuring Helena Rathbone, Australian Chamber Orchestra.
9 Jul 11.
5 Jul 11: Adelaide Town Hall, SA
5 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Helena Rathbone.
4 Jul 11.
3 Jul 2011: at ACO Baroque Virtuosi tour (Melbourne Town Hall). Featuring Helena Rathbone, Australian Chamber Orchestra.
3 Jul 11.
20 Feb 97: Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne. Featuring Leif Sundstrup, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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