Catalogue
Iasg (1993)
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Commissioned by Bill Connor.
First performance: Robert Irvine (vc); Graeme McNaught (pf), Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow, 01 Jan 1993
Work Details
Category: chamber duo
Duration: 10
Instrumentation: Vc Pf
SMC Holdings
- Recording (cassette track): Robert Irvine; Graeme McNaught [enquire]
- Recording (cassette track): Chamber Group Of Scotland [enquire]
- Recording (CD track), 2000, BIS-CD-1171: Robert Irvine; Sally Beamish [enquire]
- Score, unpublished, ref library [buy]
- Score, unpublished, archive collection [enquire]
- Part(s), unpublished, ref library [enquire]
- Part(s), unpublished, archive collection [enquire]
Programme Note
Iasg, which translates from Gaelic as `fish', was written for Robert, a fine fisherman and cellist, and Graeme, a fluid and fluent pianist.
It describes the journey of a salmon from its hatching in a mountain stream to its spawning and death after the last traumatic series of leaps upstream to its birthplace. The central section depicts the long period of peaceful feeding in the open sea.
Sally Beamish
