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The text for this work is a short poem by Lucille Clifton (1936-) suggesting an intense religious experience and part of the traditional Latin ‘Magnificat’. The choir is accompanied by pre-recorded sounds which are mostly bell-like sounds, some deep and some very high. Holy Night was written for Opus to sing at the 2000 Secondary Schools Choral Festival.
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Paul Booth

Impossible Colour

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 2000
for chamber ensemble

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flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, B flat clarinet, bassoon, piano, 2 percussionists, cello, double bass
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Rachel Clement

Knitting Dust

Year: 2000
for chamber septet

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for flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet in B flat (doubling E flat), horn, cello, bass, percussion and harp
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David Hamilton

Leukos

Duration: 25' 00" Year: 2000
for orchestra

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3223; 4231; timpani 3 perc. ( glockenspiel,suspended cymbal,sleigh bells, snare drum, tam tam, xylophone, tubular bells, bass drum, 4 wood blocks triangle, tambourine, mark tree,vibraphone, claves, clash cymbals, ratchet...); celesta, piano, harp; strings
Programme Note

The marking, in July 1999, of the 30th anniversary of the first moon landing finally provided a focus for my thoughts about this piece. Although each movement has a programmatic title they are intended only in a very general sense and exist mainly as a starting point for my own conception of the musical material. The idea of ‘light’ became a unifying idea in the music.

The derivation of the name ‘Moon’ relates to words involving time or measurement, and lead directly to the English ‘month’. The root of the word is ‘me-‘ and can be found in several other languages: Greek mene, Latin mensis and German mond. The “Dictionary of Astronomical Terms” continues:

“…there is also a ‘lunar’ group, typically represented by words for ‘Moon’ such as Latin luna and French lune (and Russian luna). The root here, now not much more than the initial letter ‘l-‘, is related to ‘light’ and so to Latin lux, ‘light’, Greek leukos, Russian luch and so on. The Moon, therefore, can be regarded as either a ‘measurer’ or an ‘illuminator’.”

The first movement suggests a bleak, barren and deserted landscape. Musically the most complex movement, the melodic and harmonic material are derived from an 8-note pattern of pitches. The central section resolves into more tonally centered music and uses a special technique whereby the strings play ‘out of phase’ with each other. This movement also sidelines the woodwind completely, allowing the darker colours of the brass to dominate.

The second movement is a fast and furious scherzo. Picking up from the final chord of the first movement, the movement unfolds in a series of climaxes and cascades of sound. There’s even a passing hint of Holst’s ‘winged messenger”, particularly in the scoring.

The final movement gradually unfolds in one long crescendo. Here, the harmonic basis is much more tonal although elements of the first movement’s material return at key points. There’s even a touch of ‘Hollywood’ in the final climax to the work!
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