String orchestra
(str(3.3.2.2.1 minimum))
SKU: HL.49019912
For string
orchestra. Composed
by Steve Martland. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Study Score. Softcover.
Composed 2007. 44 pages.
Duration 16'. Schott
Music #ED13639. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49019912).
ISBN
9790220134364.
8.25x11.75x0.19
inches.
I wanted to
write a companion piece
for Tiger Dancing, which
was written for the
choreographer Henri
Oguike and his company.
Although Eternity's
Sunrise was written for
the concert hall rather
than the theatre, dance
is a pervasive feature of
the music, the ensemble
plays almost throughout
in rhythmic unison. The
opening burst sets the
stage for what follows
and makes a short final
return as a coda. The
work last about sixteen
minutes.Steve
Martland.The work has a
powerful impact on both
players and audiences,
it's high-voltage music
requireing real stamina
from the performers.
Audences at the premiere
and subsequent tour loved
it and the work would
make marvellous dance
music.The title of this
piece comes from lines by
the visionary English
poet William Blake: He
who binds to himself a
joyDoes the winged life
destroy;But he who kisses
the joy as it fliesLives
in eternity's sunrise.
Incidentally, this poem
was on Stockhausen's desk
for most of his working
life, and his death
occurred as Steve was
writing the piece.
Sunrise Dance - orchestral piece
