2022 IANHANGERRECITALHALL 21.09.22-12:30pm Programme COMPOSITION LUNCHTIME CONCERT
OUTDAMNEDSPOT
This aria de capo is based on the famous scene in Shakespeare's Macbeth when Lady Macbeth walks and talks in her sleep with a disturbed mind and guilty conscience. byEmmaOlsen Sopranovoice:KateAndrew Harpsichord:AnitaDam Tenorrecorder:JoshuaCass
FRAGMENTS
byBenMarshall Saxophone:RyanTaylor
This piece was written for Ryan Taylor and developed in collaboration with him. This solo work aims to highlight both Ryan's skill as a saxophonist and showcase the different aspects of the instrument. The piece features many short recurring sections, each with their own distinct character and expressive content, covering aspects of jazz influenced harmonic material to use of Haydn's Cipher as presented in Biographische Skizze (Rettensteiner, 1808). Originally conceived for alto-saxophone, the piece was re-imagined for bari sax in cooperation with Ryan.
byOliverKing
DREAMSEQUENCE
Piano:LukaIson
“DreamSequence”isapieceintwoshortmovementswrittenforsolopiano Thetwo movementsofthepiece,eachlastingaroundthirtysecondsinlength,arebasedon twovividsurrealimagesfromacrypticdreamthatIexperiencedonenight.The lengthofeachmovementcorrespondswiththefleetingimagesexperiencedwithina dream.Thefirstmovement,titled“ConjoinedCattle”,isdarkinnature,featuring sprawlingbassostinatosagainstrhythmicallyoffsetpolymodalmaterialinthehigher rangeofthepiano ThismovementisbasedonthefirstvisionIexperiencedwithinthe dream.Iwitnessedagrotesqueimageoftwolankycowsinapaddockwhiledriving alongmyroad.Oneofthecowsappearedtobestandingontopoftheother,though thefeetofthiscowwereconjoinedtothebackofthecowunderneathit.Bothcows hadextremelyelongatednecks,thoughtheneckofthecowontopwaslongerthan thatofthecowonthebottom,andnaturallytheweightofthecowontopwouldnot besupportedbythatofthecowonthebottom,althoughinthedreamthiswasnot thecase.Thesecondmovement,titled“LargeBlackSheep”,isbasedonthesecond visionofthedream.Withinthisvision,Iwitnessedmultiplelargeblacksheeptowering overthecarlikeasetofarchesorskyscrapersasIdroveunderneaththem Whilethis isanextraordinaryimageandexperience,Idrovepastthesheepasifthiswasnotout oftheordinary.Thismovementfeaturesasetofchordsbasedonquartalstacks,or quartalharmony,torepresentthegiganticstatureofthesheepandtheextremely surrealimageryofthedream.
DREAMINGAGAIN byZacharyMiezio I.Veil II.Fluctus III.Meridiem IV.Shadow Ihavebeenhappy andIlovethetheme:Dreams!in theirvividcolouringoflifeAsinthatfleeting,shadowy, mistystrifeOfsemblancewithrealitywhichbringsTo thedeliriouseye,morelovelythingsOfParadiseand Love—andallourown!(EdgarAllanPoe,1884) FrenchHorn1:JessPiva FrenchHorn2:LaurenOwens FrenchHorn3:PrueRussell FrenchHorn4:IsabelleRaizScanlonPiano:ZacharyMiezio
Piano:RemiRaymond Violin:KristelleJaimes Viola:EdmundMantelli Cello:BenMarshall
byEmmaPercival
COUPDEFOUDRE
“DedicatedtoRemiRaymond“CoupDeFoudre”isaFrenchphrase, whichdirectlytranslatesto“ClapofThunder”,butisused colloquiallymostoftenasanidiomdenotingloveatfirstsight.My pianoquartetisinspiredbythispassionateanddramaticword imagerywhichjuxtaposesathunderstormwithlove.Itcomprisesof abackandforthoftwodistinctmelodicideas,fosteredby satisfyingandindulgentlyromanticaccompanimentlines.The musicinterruptsitselfwithanunconventionalTango,featuringa pianosoloandimprovisationindirectinspirationoftheplaying styleofRemiRaymond,towhomthepieceisdedicatedandwill alsobepremieringthepiecetoday.
NOSTALGIA byShelbyDevenish “NostalgiainA'isthefirstofthree minimalistinspiredpianoworksI've composedthatfocusoncapturing differentinterpretationsofnostalgia. Thispiecewascreatedtoevokea sentimentalsenseofnostalgiathatis peacefulandreminiscentofthe sweetandcarefreemomentsinlife. Piano:ShelbyDevenish
Performers:EvangelineSheehan,EmmaOlsen, OllieKing&ZiHuiChen
“CrystalWaterisamethodofmeditation,ofrattlingthecageof Ego.Egoisaconceptintegraltothehumanconditionand importanttomentalhealth.Yetegoisrestrictinginitsinherent boundednesstotheindividualandit'srelianceoncause effect tocoheretheworld.Itisanexistentialcagefromwhichwe observeasimulationoftheuniverse.Achievingmomentsof relieffromegoisintegraltopersonal,spiritualandacademic pursuitsalike.SuspensionofegoledNewtontopositamystical forceholdingthecosmostogether,andhisownegocould neverreconcilethatnotionwetakeforgrantedasgravity.This pieceexploresapossiblemethodofgroupreflectionand suspensionofego,theglasssoundingbyforcesultimately beyondwhatthemindcaninfluenceorreconcile.
CRYSTALWATER
byEvangalineSheehan