Small Ensemble Flute, Harp, Viola - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1881001
Composed by David Lancaster. This edition: pdf. 21st Century. 72 pages. UYMP #1439839. Published by UYMP (A0.1881001).
In 2019 – before the global pandemic and lockdowns which were to begin the following year – I sketched out ideas for a new piece for flute, viola and harp based on notions of isolation and dislocation. A key feature of the piece was asynchronicity; any of the instruments could become independent of the others and play ‘alone’ in a way which didn’t necessarily synchronise with the ensemble. There are passages in the piece where the ensemble plays together, but also moments where there is no pulse to the music, and where each performer relies on cues from other players to trigger their next move, as if they were acting out some sort of secret, musical ritual. There are other passages where two contrasting tempi are played simultaneously.
When I sat down to start composing the music in March 2020 it wasn’t long before we were in the grip of a national lockdown, and the isolation became real. One unforeseen benefit of those strange times was that I was able to walk around the city where I live in almost complete isolation; I saw details I hadn’t noticed before, and saw familiar things from new perspectives. Devoid of people, the city assumed an abstract, almost imaginary quality, and I was reminded of those cities in the fiction of Calvino and Robbe-Grillet which exist only in the minds of their authors and readers. (The title of this composition is taken from the first line of one of those novels).
This piece is my imaginary city, and you are invited to explore its geography, architecture, landscape and sounds as you wander around.
‘Before I fall asleep, the city, again…’ was first performed by Trilogy Ensemble in an online broadcast from Helmsley Arts Centre, Yorkshire, on 20th March 2021.
(David Lancaster, York, 2021).
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Small Ensemble Flute, Harp, Viola - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1881001
Composed by David Lancaster. This edition: pdf. 21st Century. 72 pages. UYMP #1439839. Published by UYMP (A0.1881001).
In 2019 – before the global pandemic and lockdowns which were to begin the following year – I sketched out ideas for a new piece for flute, viola and harp based on notions of isolation and dislocation. A key feature of the piece was asynchronicity; any of the instruments could become independent of the others and play ‘alone’ in a way which didn’t necessarily synchronise with the ensemble. There are passages in the piece where the ensemble plays together, but also moments where there is no pulse to the music, and where each performer relies on cues from other players to trigger their next move, as if they were acting out some sort of secret, musical ritual. There are other passages where two contrasting tempi are played simultaneously.
When I sat down to start composing the music in March 2020 it wasn’t long before we were in the grip of a national lockdown, and the isolation became real. One unforeseen benefit of those strange times was that I was able to walk around the city where I live in almost complete isolation; I saw details I hadn’t noticed before, and saw familiar things from new perspectives. Devoid of people, the city assumed an abstract, almost imaginary quality, and I was reminded of those cities in the fiction of Calvino and Robbe-Grillet which exist only in the minds of their authors and readers. (The title of this composition is taken from the first line of one of those novels).
This piece is my imaginary city, and you are invited to explore its geography, architecture, landscape and sounds as you wander around.
‘Before I fall asleep, the city, again…’ was first performed by Trilogy Ensemble in an online broadcast from Helmsley Arts Centre, Yorkshire, on 20th March 2021.
(David Lancaster, York, 2021).
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
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