Peter Sculthorpe
From The River
Peter Sculthorpe
From The River
- Instrumentation Piano, 2 Violins, Viola and Cello
- Composer Peter Sculthorpe
- Edition Piano Score and Part(s)
- Publisher Cadenza Music
- Order no. CAZCM2KPS01
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Description:
This work recalls my childhood in a small village outside Launceston, in Tasmania. I spent many hours swimming in the nearby river, the North Esk.
There, while swimming, I often dreamed of being a composer when I grew up. This is the concern of From The River. The middle part of the work consists of a slower section in which doubts seem to be expressed: my music teacher had told me that all the composers were dead. Such a notion, however, is soon dismissed and the earlier, flowing music returns. - Peter Sculthorpe
Commission made possible by Stanley Burnton, for Gwen.
There, while swimming, I often dreamed of being a composer when I grew up. This is the concern of From The River. The middle part of the work consists of a slower section in which doubts seem to be expressed: my music teacher had told me that all the composers were dead. Such a notion, however, is soon dismissed and the earlier, flowing music returns. - Peter Sculthorpe
Commission made possible by Stanley Burnton, for Gwen.