Guitar Duet (Score) SKU: HL.49047318 For Two Guitars in Three Movement...(+)
Guitar Duet (Score)
SKU: HL.49047318
For Two Guitars in
Three Movements
Score. Composed by
Dominique Le Grande.
Guitar. Classical.
Softcover. Duration 540
seconds. Schott Music
#ED14159. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49047318).
ISBN
9798350121940. UPC:
196288201359.
Compo
sed for two guitars, this
suite in three movements
was inspired by a trip to
northern Chile with two
close friends whose lives
have been dedicated to
Human Rights activism and
to whom the suite is
dedicated. Each of the
three movements evokes
the spirit of the place
where the music locates
itself. The first
movement, Tongoy Sea
captures the sleepy
seaside town of Tongoy on
the Pacific coast with
its long stretch of beach
onto which spills the
village, the fishing
boats and the fish market
while families gather in
the local fish
restaurants that line the
beach looking out to sea.
The second movement,
Tololo Sky, recalls the
long car drive up the
winding mountain towards
the Inter-American
observatory, Cerro
Tololo. Driving up the
mountain I was struck by
the starkness of our car
winding its way on a
single desert mountain
road surrounded by a vast
sky of an intense and
translucent blue. The
final movement, Elqui
Earth, evokes the gentle
slow pace of the town of
Vicuña, birthplace of
the poet Gabriela Mistral
in the Elqui Valley. This
fertile stretch of green
with its abundant
vineyards and fruit
orchards stands out
against the dry mountains
that encircle it below a
limpid sky. Dominique Le
Gendre (2023).