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Work Overview
The Crowning Dance movement illustrates the bushfire
phenomenon of "crowning"
when fire flames reach the tree tops and rapidly jump between the
crowns of adjacent trees. This fast flame movement across the
tree canopy leads to unpredictable, flying and leaping wildfires
that burn with speed across a vast area.
This movement presents a fast-moving rhythmic pattern in the
piano part, above which the violin and cello parts fly in
ascending melodies, leaping across the harmonic top of each piano
chord, the same way a fire leaps across the tree canopy. Offshoot
flame gestures and rapidly ascending melodic patterns paint an
aural picture of the crowning fire, in a short dance movement of
relentless speed.
Work Details
Year: 2020
Instrumentation: Violin, cello, piano.
Duration: 2 min.
Written for: Muses Trio
Commission note: Commissioned by ABC Fresh Start Fund.
First performance: by Muses Trio at Muses Trio present FIRE DANCES (Nickson Room) on 10 Mar 2022
Written as part of 'Fire Dances', a suite for piano trio, collaboratively written by eight Australian women composers, once from each state and territory. The suite was commissioned through the support of a Fresh Start Grant, funded by ABC Classic during 2020.
Subjects
- Inspired by: Bushfires
Performances of this work
10 Mar 2022: at Muses Trio present FIRE DANCES (Nickson Room). Featuring Muses Trio.
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