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String quartet Number 1 : ANZAC / Grant Sheridan
Library shelf no. 785.714/SHE 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
It had long been the composer's desire to create a commemorative
work, in honour of the sacrifice of the service men and women of
the Australian Armed Forces.
Sheridan's own family has a proud history of armed service. His
grandfather fought in Europe in the Great War, in the First Forty
Third. His father, served in the Royal Australian Air Force in
Signals, during the Second World War, and subsequently went on to
work for the Department of Defence for over thirty years.
The work was written with the specific intent that it could be
played at solemn services, and commemorative events for service
men and women. The piece, which is roughly divided into three
sections, (slow, fast, slow), provides the listener, with the
opportunity for silent reflection and quiet contemplation; the
final section being a lyrical series of variations of the music
of 'The Last Post'.
Work Details
Year: 2006
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello.
Duration: 10 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: To those who have served
First performance: by Bogdan Kazimierczak, Anne-Mrie Meegan-Turner, Anna Webb, Jonathan Webb — 11 Nov 07. Concordia College Chapel, Highgate, South Australia.
Tonal and very accessible to a wide-range of audiences.
Ideally a performance should be prefaced by a reading of the poem 'The war veteran's prayer' by Geoff Kemp (Copyright Geoffrey Kemp 2001 from anthology Alfa at Midnight, Seaview Press, Henley Beach, 2001). At the conclusion of the Quartet (the Last Post), the Ode and Reveille may be delivered.
The work has had the honour of recieving two Vice- Regal Performances before the Governor of S.A., His Excellency, Rear Admiral, Kevin Scarce. Both of these high profile performances were given in order to raise funds for medical research for Veterans.
Subjects
- Has as subject/About: Patriotic music
Performances of this work
11 Nov 07: Concordia College Chapel, Highgate, South Australia.. Featuring Bogdan Kazimierczak, Anne-Mrie Meegan-Turner, Anna Webb, Jonathan Webb.
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