Orchestra
(pic(fl).1.2.2.1.cbsn-2.2
.0.0-str(12-14.10-12.8-10
.6-8.4-6))
SKU:
HL.49019158
For
orchestra. Composed
by Ryan Wigglesworth.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Softcover. Composed 2010.
60 pages. Duration 9'.
Schott Music #ED13471.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49019158).
ISBN
9790220133206.
8.25x11.75x0.222
inches.
Written in
2010 for the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic,
Wigglesworth's
nine-minute work explores
the idea of perpetuum
mobile (continuous
movement) in seven
connected, miniature
inventions. A regular
pulse forms the work's
core, with elaborations
of the central musical
idea shifting constantly
around it in jagged
rhythms and sumptuous
orchestration. The
composer writes, The
seven sections can very
briefly be described
thus: 1) an active,
miniature 'theme and
variations'; 2) the
juxtaposition of various
fragmentary two-part
inventions; 3) a tremolo
string ostinato with
woodwind interjections,
building towards the
first climax; 4) an
ostinato passing between
horns and muted trumpets
together with a dialogue
for high woodwind and low
strings; 5) a very slow
canon for string
harmonics and pizzicato
double basses; 6) a fast,
one-part invention
beginning with solo
piccolo, and gradually
leading to the second
climax; 7) chorale.This
is a lively orchestral
miniature which gives the
impression of a
kaleidoscope, with short
musical ideas cutting
across each other in
quick succession.
