Tuba solo
SKU:
P2.90041
Composed by
Francis Schwartz. Solo
music, 20th century.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.90041).
This
composition for solo tuba
forms part of Francis
Schwartz's Literary
Bagatelles; a body of
music-theater works
inspired by literary
creations of such authors
as Thomas Mann, Miguel de
Cervantes, Shakespeare,
Rosario Ferre, Edgar
Allan Poe and Cormac
McCarthy. Written in 2007
for the distinguished
tubist Jay Hunsberger,
The Grey Road explores
the dark, forbidding
atmosphere that permeates
McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize
novel as well as the
dramatic climate
exhibited in the
paintings of Anselm
Kiefer, Francis Bacon and
Max Neuman. Schwartz
utilizes unconventional
performance techniques
that include histrionic
elements to establish a
tense, brooding ambiance
evocative of a
post-cataclysmic world.
Though The Grey Road can
be performed in a
traditional venue, it is
originally conceived to
be executed in a
multi-sensorial space
where aromas and
temperature manipulation
can be realized as an
integral part of the
score. This
multi-sensorial approach
forms part of Schwartz'
four decade strategy to
maximize audience
participation in an
Artwork by employing
sensorial provocations.
The public is not meant
to be passive consumers
of the Literary
Bagatelles.