Informationen zu "David Heath, Avalon for flute ensemble Partitur und Stimmen"
Verlag: Camden Music
Verlagsnummer: CAMDEN284
EAN: 9790570342846
ISMN: M-57034-284-6
Beschreibung
This three-movement work is a flute ensemble version of Dave Heath's 'Return
To Avalon' which is scored for 2 solo flutes and piano (CM271). Composer's
programme note: In the mid-thirteenth century over 200,000 Cathars were
murdered in the South of France 'Avalon' by forces of darkness and ignorance.
The Cathars were European Buddhists who believed in loving each other, that
we are all equal in the eyes of God, non-revenge, vegetarianism, and that
women could be priests. They also believed in reincarnation. In answer to
threats and bullying, many of them chose to be burnt alive rather than be
forced to follow teachings they believed to be untrue. People say that the
Cathars never came back. People say that they died in vain. But I believe
that they are wrong, I believe that the Cathars did come back to create a
Church of light outside the constricts of religion, but through the arts,
through music, poetry and prose. 'Return to Avalon' is the story of two
great Cathar flute players who rise from the ashes of the Montsegur massacre,
to return and baptize the world into the truth of the eternal through the
beauty of sound and honesty of expression. I imagined these 'Sons of the
light,' playing this piece, and letting its message of friendship and
brotherhood echo out over the mountains. 'Return to Avalon' begins with 'The
Last Song' a 13th century Cathar melody, echoed on alto flute, then explores
an idea I first used in my 1993 flute concerto, the idea of orchestrated
digital delay. The second movement 'Human flame' on piccolo and alto is also
based on a medieval theme but takes it further and further out until finally
it burns up into a huge fireball. In the third movement 'Sons of the light
return to Avalon' the two flutes reappear Phoenix-like from the ashes leading
and learning from each other. Eventually the flutes become inseparable as
they interweave together at speed leading us to a higher truth ? that we are
all brothers and sisters equally loved by God. Phenomenal flautist Samuel
Coles, recently appointed principal flute of the Philharmonia Orchestra, has
been a quiet but persistent supporter of my music for many years acting in a
selfless and generous way behind the scenes. 'RETURN TO AVALON' is
dedicated to Sam Coles, a true friend of music and musicians.
