Jennifer Martin - Catalogue
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Broken Frontiers (1992)
Programme Note available
Jennifer Martin
First performance:
Lindsay Davidson; Edinburgh Quartet; Edinburgh University Contemporary Music Group, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, 15 Dec 1992
Recording / Location: sound archive - C - MAR 1 b ii [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: ref library [buy]
Part(s) : unpublished / Location: archive collection [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: archive collection [enquire]
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Programme Note availableJennifer Martin
First performance:
Lindsay Davidson; Edinburgh Quartet; Edinburgh University Contemporary Music Group, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, 15 Dec 1992
Work Details
Category: chamber mixed nonet
Duration: 6'
Instrumentation: S-Smp 2 (2 Vn Va Vc)
Duration: 6'
Instrumentation: S-Smp 2 (2 Vn Va Vc)
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Recording / Location: sound archive - C - MAR 1 b ii [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: ref library [buy]
Part(s) : unpublished / Location: archive collection [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: archive collection [enquire]Programme Note
Much of the traditional repertoire for small pipes has been lost over the years to the extent that players have been restricted to the repertoire originally written for highland pipes. This, of course, is hardly ideal as the character of the two instruments is very different. It is now essential then that a renaissance concerning composition for the small pipes specifically is encouraged, and that the frontier which has grown between the pipes and western art music is eroded. The piece was written for Lindsay Davidson and it was important from the outset that his pioneering spirit and virtuosic dexterity were utilized to the full. With that in mind we created a new piping technique, the knee stop, which is in evidence throughout the work and much of the solo writing requires a considerable technique. The musical material for the quartets is derived from 2 tetrachords, on G and Db, while the tonality of the pipes remains firmly in D. The result is a challenging polytonality and a healthy dialogue!
Much of the traditional repertoire for small pipes has been lost over the years to the extent that players have been restricted to the repertoire originally written for highland pipes. This, of course, is hardly ideal as the character of the two instruments is very different. It is now essential then that a renaissance concerning composition for the small pipes specifically is encouraged, and that the frontier which has grown between the pipes and western art music is eroded. The piece was written for Lindsay Davidson and it was important from the outset that his pioneering spirit and virtuosic dexterity were utilized to the full. With that in mind we created a new piping technique, the knee stop, which is in evidence throughout the work and much of the solo writing requires a considerable technique. The musical material for the quartets is derived from 2 tetrachords, on G and Db, while the tonality of the pipes remains firmly in D. The result is a challenging polytonality and a healthy dialogue!
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