Gauthier Dupertuis
Magdalena Bay
A Tone Poem for Brass Band
Gauthier Dupertuis
Magdalena Bay
A Tone Poem for Brass Band
- Instrumentation Brass Band
- Composer Gauthier Dupertuis
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Description:
While Gauthier Dupertuis admired numerous masterpieces at the Louvre Museum in Paris, his attention was drawn to a less famous painting: Magdalena Bay by the French painter François-Auguste Biard (1799-1882).
The work shows a magnificent snowy landscape on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. However, the shipwrecks, the snow-covered corpses and an obviously dying figure in the foreground suggest that tragic events have taken place there. Thus, a strong contrast between death and grandeur arises on this canvas, between the desolation of the survivors of the shipwreck and the splendor of the landscape. If we take a closer look at the painting, we discover footprints in the snow: could someone have gone to get help? This small glimmer of hope makes the picture even more touching.
In this work, Gauthier Dupertuis has attempted to describe the different elements of the painting by using contrasting sections and dissonances (especially the conflict between minor and major) to convey the duality between death and the sublime. The work attempts to highlight a fairly wide range of orchestral colours, from the dazzling, virtuoso passages to the darkest colours in the low brass.
In 2024, Magdalena Bay won the first prize and the orchestra prize at the 9th European Composition Competition for Brass Band, which took place in Palanga (LT). The world premiere took place on May 2, 2024 by the Cory Band under the direction of Philip Harper.
The work shows a magnificent snowy landscape on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. However, the shipwrecks, the snow-covered corpses and an obviously dying figure in the foreground suggest that tragic events have taken place there. Thus, a strong contrast between death and grandeur arises on this canvas, between the desolation of the survivors of the shipwreck and the splendor of the landscape. If we take a closer look at the painting, we discover footprints in the snow: could someone have gone to get help? This small glimmer of hope makes the picture even more touching.
In this work, Gauthier Dupertuis has attempted to describe the different elements of the painting by using contrasting sections and dissonances (especially the conflict between minor and major) to convey the duality between death and the sublime. The work attempts to highlight a fairly wide range of orchestral colours, from the dazzling, virtuoso passages to the darkest colours in the low brass.
In 2024, Magdalena Bay won the first prize and the orchestra prize at the 9th European Composition Competition for Brass Band, which took place in Palanga (LT). The world premiere took place on May 2, 2024 by the Cory Band under the direction of Philip Harper.
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Edition Franco Cesarini
Zeppelinstraße 150
55131
Mainz
Deutschland
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