Score & Part [ePDF]
Valley Spirit : two nocturnes for cello and piano [eScore] / Ross Edwards.
Score & Part
Valley Spirit : two nocturnes for cello and piano / Ross Edwards.
Library shelf no. 787.4/EDW 4 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Valley Spirit was born in my imagination one afternoon when my daughter Emily Frankie and I descended into a mysterious mountain valley, where rock ledges were adorned with ancient ferns and carpeted with moss, and the air was resonant with the sound of birdsong and falling water. A wandering wind and thunderclaps promised joyous havoc to come. Following a brief storm, ponds reflecting a sky of rainbows brought to mind the serene East Asian Goddess Guan-Yin, sometimes symbolised as a rainbow, who listens with compassion to the cries of anguished humanity, and to whom the second part of my piece pays homage with veiled gong sounds and songlike melody. A quirky dance episode derived from insect sound patterns leads to a return of the gongs, which fade away into a mysterious twilight.
Work Details
Year: 2017
Instrumentation: Cello, piano.
Duration: 9 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Commission note: 'Commissioned by my friend Belinda Webster as a personal memorial to her father'
First performance: by David Pereira, Tamara Anna Cislowska at Valley Spirit (Kangaroo Valley Hall) on 6 May 2018
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Nocturnes
Performances of this work
6 May 2018: at Valley Spirit (Kangaroo Valley Hall). Featuring David Pereira, Tamara Anna Cislowska.
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