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Performance by Richard Mills, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra from the CD Cantilena pacifica |
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Cantilena pacifica / Richard Meale ; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Library shelf no. CD 2024 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Clouds Now and Then is a short, delicately scored work which quietly evokes the reflective mood of a haiku by the 17th century poet, Matsua Basho (1644-1694). The poem, as translated by Geoffrey Bownas and Anthony Thwaite in The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse, reads:
Clouds now and then
Givine men relief
From moon-viewing.
Meale has written: 'Moon-viewing is practised by the Japanese for aesthetic and contemplative purposes. It is typical of this race which possesses an acute awareness and love of nature. The poem has many meanings.'
Work Details
Year: 1969
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet), bassoon, contra-bassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (2 players), harp, celesta, piano, strings.
Duration: 8 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Analysis
Resonate article: Richard Meale at 75 by John Davis
Book: SACE music : teaching kit, 1993 / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Education Program.
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Japanese culture
Performances of this work
9 Nov 2018: at Celebrating Brett Dean (Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall). Featuring ANAM Orchestra of the Academy, Brett Dean.
1 Apr 2016: at BBC Symphony Orchestra & Brett Dean (BBC Maida Vale Studios). Featuring BBC Symphony Orchestra, Brett Dean.
15 Oct 2014: at ASO: Memento Mori (Grainger Studio). Featuring Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey.
28 Apr 2010: at University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra plays Meale and Kouvaras (Melbourne Town Hall). Featuring University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey.
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