By:

• Robin Toan

Duration:

07' 00"

Instrumentation:

(1),1,2*,2,2;4,3,3,1;timp.,perc.1,2,3;strings Percussion: Player 1: Crotales, suspended cymbals, crash Cymbals, Tubular Bells, Marimba, Tenor Drum Player 2: Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells, Suspended Cymbals, Crash Cymbals, Snare Drum, Bass Drum Player 3: Vibraphone, Suspended Cymbals, Snare Drum, Bass Drum

Contents:

Two movements

Samples

Score (105k)

First three pages of each movement

© Robin Toan

Availability

• This work has 2 scores and a recording

Programme Note

La Sagrada Familia was inspired by the most unconventional church in Europe. The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, which stands proudly in Barcelona was designed by Spain’s most prominent modernist architect, Antoni Gaudi. When I first saw it I was moved by its originality and beauty, I was also astounded by the creator’s incredible imagination. The piece is in two movements. Firstly, I have explored the foreboding nature of the building; the way it looks as though it were melting, twisting and almost lurching as it towers over you. Then in the second movement the music takes us on a winding journey down from the bell towers. Taking delight in the beautiful facades, shapes, glass and mosaics on the way.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Spanish

Performance History

	08 Sep 2006	Workshopped by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hamish McKeich as part of the NZSO/Todd Corporation Young Composer Awards in September 2006, at Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington
		Hamish McKeich    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
	14 Apr 2009	Broadcast by Eva Light on the radio programme: Light on New Zealand Composers. Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich
		Hamish McKeich    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Awards

• NZSO/Todd Corporation Young Composer Award (2006)
  

  La Sagrada Familia by Robin Toan was joint winner of the NZSO/Todd Foundation Corporation Young Composer Award in 2006