a "landscape prelude" for piano

By:

• Jenny McLeod

Duration:

03' 30"

Samples

	Score (26k)	Page 1 of 'Landscape Prelude'	© Jenny McLeod
	Recording (959k)	0:00-1:00	© Radio New Zealand / SOUNZ
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Availability

• This work has 3 scores, 1 Media on Demand and 3 recordings

External Media on Demand

Programme Note

Landscape Prelude is imbued with the spirit of New Zealand’s west coast on a still day. The accompanying poem begins:

“barely stirs the dark ripple

through liquid bell-tones

ancient echoes

of grey-green tree-gods

high sky

wild crags and rocks

the deep earth gong beats…”


A less than reassuring human element also enters the picture…

Commissioned:

Commissioned by Stephen De Pledge as part of the Landscape Prelude series

• Stephen De Pledge

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Landscape - NZ
• Sea and water - NZ

Performance History

	27 Feb 2008	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Ilott Theatre, Wellington in the Landscapes Concert of the New Zealand International Arts Festival
		Stephen De Pledge
	04 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Montana Brancott Winery, Blenheim
		Stephen De Pledge
	05 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Marama Hall, Dunedin
		Stephen De Pledge
	06 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Great Hall, the Arts Centre, Christchurch
		Stephen De Pledge
	08 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Ilot Theatre, Wellington
		Stephen De Pledge
	10 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber, Auckland
		Stephen De Pledge
	11 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at The Woolshed, Te Awamutu
		Stephen De Pledge
	13 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Mahurangi College, Warkworth
		Stephen De Pledge
	16 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge in Wanganui
		Stephen De Pledge
	20 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Waikanae Memorial Hall, Waikanae
		Stephen De Pledge
	27 Sep 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge at the Chanel Arts Centre, Motueka
		Stephen De Pledge
	03 Oct 2009	Performed by Stephen De Pledge in Gisborne
		Stephen De Pledge
	25 Apr 2010	Performed by Stephen De Pledge (piano) as part of the Dartington International Summer School at the Great Hall, in Dartington, England
		Stephen De Pledge
	06 Apr 2011	Performed by Stephen De Pledge (piano) at the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber in Auckland, as part of the 2011 New Zealand International Piano Festival
		Stephen De Pledge
	04 Jul 2011	Performed by Stephen de Pledge (piano) at St Margaret’s Church Lothbury as part of the City of London Festival
		Stephen De Pledge

Events

	22 Mar 2012	Performed by Stephen de Pledge at the University of Glasgow Concert Hall (22 March 2012) and at the University of Edinburgh Reid Concert Hall (23 March 2012), Scotland.
		Stephen De Pledge