Peter Sculthorpe
Nourlangie
for Guitar, Percussion and String Orchestra, with optional Didjeridu - Solo Guitar Part
Peter Sculthorpe
Nourlangie
for Guitar, Percussion and String Orchestra, with optional Didjeridu - Solo Guitar Part
- Formación Guitarra, instrumentos de percusión y orquesta de cuerda
- Compositor Peter Sculthorpe
- Edición Partichela de guitarra solista
- Editorial Faber Music
- Nº de pedido 0571561543
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In 1989, I made my first visit to Kakadu National Park, in the north of Australia. Looking out across the great floodplains there, I could see the abandoned sites of early white settlement, the Arafura Sea, Torres Strait and, in my imagination, the islands of Indonesia. The music of these places, and of Kakadu itself, fused in my mind. I have since written a number of works in which this fusion has been incorporated into my musical language. Nourlangie is one of these works. It takes its name from an enormous rock monolith in the park. In a single movement, the music of Nourlangie is made up of alternations and elaborations of two different motifs. Following an introduction, the first motif is heard at the outset in a chorale-like form. The second motif, heard immediately after the first, is based upon a Torres Strait dance-song, and is later transformed into a long joyful melody. Although the work does contain many bird-sounds, it is not intended to be a description of Nourlangie; its concern is with my feelings about this powerful and serene place. I might add that while writing this music, I often dreamed of a lost guitar in the sea, lying there since the time, in 1606, when a Spanish expedition led by Luis Vaz de Torres vainly sailed through waters to the north. Dedicated to John Williams, Nourlangie was commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, with assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council.
Peter Sculthorpe
Peter Sculthorpe