for solo violin
four movements:
i. The Big 5-0 (2 minutes)
ii. Basement Art Guru (3 minutes)
iii. 2+5≠6 (4 minutes)
iv. Repetepetition (2.5 minutes)
Each movement may be performed individually.
Audio Excerpts
Excerpt from The Big 5-0:
Excerpt from 2+5≠6:
Excerpt from Repetepetition:
Programme Notes
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Basement Art Guru and other pieces is a series of short compositional etudes, each one exploring a particular facet of compositional techniques. The Big 5-0 was written in honour of the 50th birthday of Fr. Arthur Ernest Bridge, and uses only the note-names FAEB (i.e. from his name). Basement Art Guru takes as a starting point a theme by Australian composer Stuart Greenbaum and rearranges it in different ways, much like an anagram rearranges letters in a word to form new words. 2+5≠6 is certainly a strange title for a composition. In this composition the intervals between simultaneous or consecutive note are limited to a minor second, a perfect fifth or a major sixth. Repetepetition takes as a starting point the process of repeating a section of material and either adding material to it or taking some away.
notes by Matthew Hindson.
CD Recording Available?
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Not at present.
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