Score
Fire music : music for orchestra / Brett Dean.
Library shelf no. Q 784.2/DEA 10 [Available for loan]
Work Details
Year: 2011
Instrumentation: 4 flutes (3rd and 4th doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd doubling cor anglais), 3 clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns in F, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (4 players), harp, piano, MIDI Keyboard, electric guitar, strings (minimum 15-13-11-9-6).
Duration: 30 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Black Saturday Bushfires, Victoria, Australia, 7th February, 2009
Commission note: Commissioned by Australian Ballet, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra.
First performance: by Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo at Stockholm Composer Festival (Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset)) on 10 Nov 2011
Winner of Work of the Year: Orchestral in the 2013 APRA/Australian Music Centre Art Music Awards
Awards & Prizes
| Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for/to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Orchestral | Winner | Brett Dean |
Analysis
Resonate article: Brett Dean's Fire Music: from destruction to rebirth by David Allenby
Resonate article: 2013 Art Music Awards - winners announced by Australian Music Centre
Resonate article: 2012 Helpmann Awards by Australian Music Centre
Subjects
- Inspired by: Bushfires
Performances of this work
19 Oct 2017: at Rachmaninoff on Fire - Dean (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall). Featuring Brett Dean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
18 Oct 2017: at Rachmaninoff on Fire - Dean (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall). Featuring Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Brett Dean.
31 Aug 2014: at Barry Conyngham: ANZAC (Iwaki Auditorium). Featuring Brett Dean, University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
4 May 2012: at ASO: Dean's Fire Music (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Brett Dean, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
24 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
23 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
21 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
19 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
18 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
17 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
16 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
14 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
9 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
7 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
5 Apr 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre). Featuring Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
5 Apr 12: featuring Orchestra Victoria.
6 Mar 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
5 Mar 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
3 Mar 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
2 Mar 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
1 Mar 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
29 Feb 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
28 Feb 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
27 Feb 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
25 Feb 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
24 Feb 2012: at Australian Ballet (Brett Dean's Fire Music) (State Theatre - The Arts Centre). Featuring Orchestra Victoria.
10 Nov 2011: at Stockholm Composer Festival (Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset)). Featuring Sakari Oramo, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
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