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The Fall of the Leafe
after Martin Peerson
for string orchestra
orchestre à cordes
Edition: Matériel d'exécution
Détails du produit
Description
This work, for strings only, was written in July and August of 2004. It is based on a virginal piece from the Fitzwilliam collection, copied in the early years of the seventeenth century. 'The Fall of the Leafe' is a short, expressive work by Martin Peerson - characterised by a descriptive descending scale.
Out of the thematic material of the Peerson I have fashioned, by permutation and a magic square filter, a theme of my own which appears at the outset, Peerson's common time being replaced by a gently lilting 6/8, which nevertheless retains something of the original's "falling" character.
A slightly faster varied repeat, with my melody in the violins, has a version of the first part of the Peerson set against it, in the 'cellos, divided into four.
After a short "accelerando" transition, a quick section is the first of two development sections, on both the Peerson and my material.
A "retard" leads into a statement of the second part of the Peerson, in first and second violins, each divided into three. The violas, 'cellos and basses continue the discourse of original, net material.
A second, quick development follows, for violas, 'cellos and basses only (shades of Brandenburg 6!) leading to a final section, with the last part of the Peerson in violins 1, and a new counterpoint in violins 2. All the leaves fall completely in the final bars of vigorous tremolo through all the strings. In Orkney, where I live, there are almost no trees, and autumn is something I imagine, or can sometimes enjoy bits of, on visits south. The work has a further resonance - it was written very shortly before my seventieth birthday.
It is dedicated to the Skye composer and painter Marc Yeats.
- Peter Maxwell Davies, 2004
Out of the thematic material of the Peerson I have fashioned, by permutation and a magic square filter, a theme of my own which appears at the outset, Peerson's common time being replaced by a gently lilting 6/8, which nevertheless retains something of the original's "falling" character.
A slightly faster varied repeat, with my melody in the violins, has a version of the first part of the Peerson set against it, in the 'cellos, divided into four.
After a short "accelerando" transition, a quick section is the first of two development sections, on both the Peerson and my material.
A "retard" leads into a statement of the second part of the Peerson, in first and second violins, each divided into three. The violas, 'cellos and basses continue the discourse of original, net material.
A second, quick development follows, for violas, 'cellos and basses only (shades of Brandenburg 6!) leading to a final section, with the last part of the Peerson in violins 1, and a new counterpoint in violins 2. All the leaves fall completely in the final bars of vigorous tremolo through all the strings. In Orkney, where I live, there are almost no trees, and autumn is something I imagine, or can sometimes enjoy bits of, on visits south. The work has a further resonance - it was written very shortly before my seventieth birthday.
It is dedicated to the Skye composer and painter Marc Yeats.
- Peter Maxwell Davies, 2004
Orchestral Cast
str(5.5.4.4.2 minimum)
Plus d'infos
Titre:
The Fall of the Leafe
after Martin Peerson
for string orchestra
Edition:
Matériel d'exécution
Maison d'édition:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
2004
Opus:
op. 254
Durée:
8 ′
Première:
26 novembre 2004 · Glasgow (UK)
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Musikalische Leitung: Rumon Gamba · Scottish Chamber Orchestra
(concert)
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Musikalische Leitung: Rumon Gamba · Scottish Chamber Orchestra
(concert)
Travaux commandés :
Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Détails techniques
Numéro du produit:
LSL 10007-01
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