Jennifer Martin - Catalogue
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Catalogue
Hearing Pictures (2001)
Programme Note available
Jennifer Martin
Commissioned by The New Edinburgh Orchestra with funds from SAC National Lottery Fund..
First performance:
New Edinburgh Orchestra / Tim Paxton, Nicolson Square Methodist Church, Edinburgh, 01 Dec 2001
Score : unpublished / Location: ref library [buy]
Recording / Location: sound archive - C - MAR 1 [enquire]
Part(s) : unpublished / Location: hire library [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: hard disk (sibelius file) [enquire]
Part(s) : unpublished / Location: hard disk (sibelius file) [enquire]
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Programme Note availableJennifer Martin
Commissioned by The New Edinburgh Orchestra with funds from SAC National Lottery Fund..
First performance:
New Edinburgh Orchestra / Tim Paxton, Nicolson Square Methodist Church, Edinburgh, 01 Dec 2001
Work Details
Category: chamber orchestral
Duration: 13'
Instrumentation: 2222 2200 Perc Str
Duration: 13'
Instrumentation: 2222 2200 Perc Str
SMC Holdings
Score : unpublished / Location: ref library [buy]
Recording / Location: sound archive - C - MAR 1 [enquire]
Part(s) : unpublished / Location: hire library [enquire]
Score : unpublished / Location: hard disk (sibelius file) [enquire]
Part(s) : unpublished / Location: hard disk (sibelius file) [enquire]Programme Note
Several years ago, I was involved in a research project with the animator Jenny Chapman, where we looked at how a fuller understanding of our respective creative processes could inform our work. I had always been aware that I visualized the sound, texture and colour of my music, but it was during the making of our film that I could begin to see my music, in terms of very real pictures, textures and shapes. I then began to look at whether my musical language could communicate imaginary pictures to an audience without any visual help, or whether I could encourage listeners to hear pictures of their own as a work unfolded.
The images which Hearing Pictures aims to reflect are twofold. The first is of flocks of sea birds darting above the waters of a calm Loch Fleet in Sutherland, appearing and disappearing as they move in perfect unison. The second is of the wild water of Loch Ness on a dismal Autumn day, battering the stony shoreline at Dores. What you, the audience hears or sees may of course be entirely different.
Several years ago, I was involved in a research project with the animator Jenny Chapman, where we looked at how a fuller understanding of our respective creative processes could inform our work. I had always been aware that I visualized the sound, texture and colour of my music, but it was during the making of our film that I could begin to see my music, in terms of very real pictures, textures and shapes. I then began to look at whether my musical language could communicate imaginary pictures to an audience without any visual help, or whether I could encourage listeners to hear pictures of their own as a work unfolded.
The images which Hearing Pictures aims to reflect are twofold. The first is of flocks of sea birds darting above the waters of a calm Loch Fleet in Sutherland, appearing and disappearing as they move in perfect unison. The second is of the wild water of Loch Ness on a dismal Autumn day, battering the stony shoreline at Dores. What you, the audience hears or sees may of course be entirely different.
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