Chamber Ensemble (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.49046391
For
Violin, Cello,
Northumbrian pipes,
Hammond Organ and
Orchestr. Composed by
Jon Lord. Edited by Paul
Mann. Study Score.
Classical. Softcover. 146
pages. Duration 3420
seconds. Schott Music
#ED23177. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046391).
ISBN
9781540086549. UPC:
842819108696.
The
general inspiration for
the music was an idea of
Durham, garnered from two
or three short visits and
a reading of a short
history - so a sort of
Durham of the mind, a
stylized Durham; 'my'
Durham, if you will,
imagined into music.
However, the
defininginspiration for
the piece was the
Cathedral. My first visit
to Durham in 2001 saw me
standing open-mouthed on
Palace Green, and then in
silent awe as I walked
into that formidable
magnificence inside. Most
of the themes came from
the days immediately
following my first
experience of this
extraordinary, inspiring
building. The feeling
that the very stones and
pillars themselves are
imbued with centuries of
prayer, withpeople's joy,
grief, despair, even
anger; gratitude and
hope. As the tunes and
chords and sounds started
to organize themselves in
my mind and onto
manuscript paper, I
realized that I was
writing a sort of day in
the life of Durham, and
that the Cathedral
wouldbe its beginning,
would be in its middle,
and would be at its
ending. The piece
consists of six
'pictures' arranged into
three parts - the
morning, afternoon and
evening of this imaginary
Durham city. Jon Lord,
2017.