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Performance by Antonietta Loffredo from the CD Shadows and silhouettes |
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CD
Shadows and silhouettes : new piano compositions celebrating a Chinese-Western confluence / Antonietta Loffredo, pianist.
Library shelf no. CD 2375 [Available for loan]
Score
Qi colour from hidden resonances : for piano / Bruce Crossman.
Library shelf no. 786.2/CRO 5 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
This piece was written for my friend and University of Western
Sydney colleague, Diana
Blom, for her China-Australia exchange project. The work was
inspired by the Chinese
literati philosophy where subtle hidden sounds of yun sit
alongside more robust qi energy.
Hidden half timbres from rubber-stopped and finger-dampened
strings, as well as silently
undampened strings as resonators for attack dyad resonances
gradually build to and decay
from juxtaposed colour blocks of sound strewn across wide
resonances as a type of qi
inspired energy. Chinese modes in joyous linear bursts in the
treble register heighten the
exuberance. The wild juxtapositions draw on the free
improvisation of MMW (Medeski,
Martin and Wood) as much as Chinese literati philosophy. The work
closes with a return
to the hidden resonances, but, with high melodic modal touches
imitative of birds
awakening the bush at the base of the Blue Mountains on my
morning run.
Work Details
Year: 2010
Instrumentation: Prepared piano.
Duration: 5 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Dedicated to Diana Blom
Written for Associate Professor Diana Blom for the Shadows and Silhouettes project at ISME CEPROM Commission concert, 28th July 2010 in Shanghai.
Subjects
- Inspired by: Chinese culture
Performances of this work
18 Aug 2011: at Shadows & Silhouettes (Theme & Variations Showroom (Willoughby NSW)). Featuring Antonietta Loffredo.
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