Score [ePDF]
Dragon Ladies Don't Weep : [eScore] / Erik Griswold.
Work Overview
A work that sweeps across the senses, Dragon Ladies Don't
Weep is a sonic portrait of new music icon Margaret Leng-Tan
- an evocative exploration of memory, time, control and loss.
New York-based Singaporean pianist Tan forged a path as a major
force within the American avant-garde, serving as muse for such
giants as John Cage and George Crumb, and transforming the toy
piano into a serious instrument. Her stellar career is a
touchstone for the past 40 years of experimental musical
innovation.
Dragon Ladies Don't Weep combines spoken and recorded
text, projected images and original music for prepared piano, toy
piano, toys and percussion by Tan's long-term collaborator Erik
Griswold.
Created by a team of Singaporean and Australian artists,
including director Tamara Saulwick, video designer Nick Roux, and
dramaturg Kok Heng Leun, and performed by Tan, this
cross-cultural collaboration is an evocative collage of the
forces that have shaped Tan's life and how music has been both
her passion and her refuge.
Work Details
Year: 2020
Instrumentation: Prepared piano, toy piano, miniature music boxes, percussion.
Duration: 47 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Contents note: I. Obsessive Precision -- II. The moon is bright -- III. This Counting Thing -- IV. The Secret Room -- V. Dragon Lady Calling -- VI. One -- VII. Fours and threes -- VIII. A little winter music -- IX. On the move - X. Wearing Treads in the Carpet of My Mind -- XI. Transcendence.
Commission note: Created for Margaret Leng Tan in collaboration with Chamber Made and CultureLink Singapore.
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc in relation to this work:
Toy Piano, John Cage, George Crumb.
Awards & Prizes
Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for/to |
---|---|---|---|
2021 | Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Dramatic | Winner | Erik Griswold |
Subjects
- Influenced by: Minimalism
Performances of this work
28 Feb 20: Asia TOPA Melbourne Arts Centre, VIC. Featuring Margaret Leng Tan.
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