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Meditation
for violin and piano
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Meditation was commissioned by Tessa Petersen and John Van Buskirk for performance in a concert celebrating the opening of the Chinese Gardens in Dunedin, New Zealand, 2008. The piece takes an ancient Chinese poem as its point of departure, a text that focuses on Nature and its relationship to humans. The music spontaneously expresses thoughts of Nature and beauty, using simple ideas based around modes, repeated ostinati, and a mixture of long melodic lines and shorter motifs. Various timbres on both instruments are explored, and the pianist plays on the strings of the instrument with mallets at the beginning and end of the piece. The piece is structured in 3 main sections: slow-faster-slow, and all sections are played without a break.
Commissioned note
Dedication note
Dedicated to Tessa and John
Contents note
one movement - With calm intensity - a little slower with rubato - quicker - slower with rubato - very calm
Performance history
19 Sep 2008: Oriental Phantasy
02 May 2012: New Zealand Music Month Lunchtime Concert
23 May 2013: Performed as part of the APO Young Achievers concert at the AUckland Central Library, in Auckland.
08 Jun 2014: La Belle Alliance - GORE
15 Jun 2014: La Belle Alliance - WHANGAREI
13 Jul 2014: La Belle Alliance - NELSON