Iain Matheson - Catalogue
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Catalogue
Deep Notes And The High Notes, The (1999)
Programme Note available
Iain Matheson
First performance:
Shinobi Miki; Clare Morton, Glasgow, 07 Oct 2000
Programme Note availableIain Matheson
First performance:
Shinobi Miki; Clare Morton, Glasgow, 07 Oct 2000
Work Details
Category: chamber mixed duet
Duration: 3'
Instrumentation: Ob Vc
Duration: 3'
Instrumentation: Ob Vc
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Programme Note
`Your inner ear grows sharper. Do you hear
The deep notes and the high notes?
They are immeasurable in space and infinite as to number.
Like ribbons, undreamt-of scales lead from one world to another.'
(Hugh MacDiarmid, `Plaited Like the Generations of Men').
MacDiarmid writes frequently and eloquently about music; the section from which these lines come is a free translation of a letter from Ferrucio Busoni to his wife. `The deep notes and the high notes' of this piece explore the outer range of the two instruments, coming gradually together in search of a common pitch. The piece has a simple two-part structure.
`Your inner ear grows sharper. Do you hear
The deep notes and the high notes?
They are immeasurable in space and infinite as to number.
Like ribbons, undreamt-of scales lead from one world to another.'
(Hugh MacDiarmid, `Plaited Like the Generations of Men').
MacDiarmid writes frequently and eloquently about music; the section from which these lines come is a free translation of a letter from Ferrucio Busoni to his wife. `The deep notes and the high notes' of this piece explore the outer range of the two instruments, coming gradually together in search of a common pitch. The piece has a simple two-part structure.