Informationen zu "Sadie Harrison '...when Love kept time...' Double Bass & Piano"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM740
EAN: 9790570457403
ISMN: M-57045-740-3
Beschreibung
Sadie Harrison writes: '..when love kept time..' was written especially for a
concert at Wells Museum entitled The Poppies Grow, a commemoration of the
centenary of World War I. The piece takes its title from a poem by war poet
Roderic Quinn entitled The Soul of the Anzac which considers the sacrifice of
the soldier and his memories of parents, lovers and the extraordinary
qualities of the Australian landscape. (As an Australian, the story of the
Anzacs is particularly poignant for me.) The poem tells how time is measured
by bells, clocks and the heartbeat of young love and the music expresses this
in chiming bell-chords and momentarily through pulsing machine guns and heavy
marching footsteps. The piece ends with a distant echo of Waltzing Matilda at
the very top of the piano creating a cavern of space between the living skies
overhead and the deep earth of the double bass. '...when Love kept time...'
is dedicated to my father, Powell Harrison. Sadie Harrison was born in
Adelaide, Australia, moving to England in 1970 where she undertook
composition studies with Nicola Lefanu gaining her Phd at Kings College,
London. Sadie's music has been played internationally in venues such as the
Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Royal Festival hall, Barbican and
Lithuanian National Philharmonic by some of the world's leading performers.
Her music has been released to critical acclaim on Sargasso, BML, Metier, NMC
and Clarinet Classics and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and in Eastern
Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, America, Lithuania, the Netherlands and
elsewehere. Recent projects include works for the Edinburgh Fringe, ABRSM
Spectrum series, a Violin Concerto for Rusne Mataityte, and a song cycle for
Paul Carey-Jones, chamber music for Fiona Cross, Duncan Honeybourne, David
Heyes, the Scottish Clarinet Quartet, and Peter Sheppard Skaerved for
performance in 2012. Sadie's music is published by UYMP (University of York
Music Press) and Recital Music. '...rhythm and lyricism held in perfect
balance.' (Gramophone) '...a compelling, distinctive and passionate
compositional voice.' (Tempo) '...this is distinctive, pungent music that
demands close attention.' (The Guardian) '...a fluent, thoughtfully poetic
language' (The Sunday Times)
