Work
The Street Where I Live
for piano with pre-recorded spoken text
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About
I welcomed this commission to write a small piece for Stephen De Pledge, but baulked a little at the idea it that should be related to landscape, a concept that can easily fall into cliché. But then all physical places are in fact landscape, including the street where I have lived for the last 35 years (echoes of My Fair Lady), in the city I love.
This work creates a counterpoint between my own voice and its 'musical analogue', as played on the piano.
Commissioned note
Performance history
27 Feb 2008: Landscapes
25 Aug 2010: NZ Landscapes in UK
05 Apr 2011: Stephen De Pledge at The New Zealand International Piano Festival
04 Jul 2011: Stephen de Pledge: Landscape Preludes
22 Mar 2012: Stephen de Pledge presents the "Landscape Preludes" to Scotland
30 Apr 2014: Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Jack Body 70th Year Tribute concert, Music Theatre, Auckland University.
07 May 2015: Performed by Jian Liu (piano) at the launch of the publication "JACK!", Hunter Council Chamber, Wellington.
Performed by Henry Wong Doe.
Performed by Stephen de Pledge (piano)