Informationen zu "Roderick Elms, Moody Moves - Sextet for Piano & Winds Partitur und Stimmen"
Verlag: Camden Music
Verlagsnummer: CAMDEN286
EAN: 9790570342860
ISMN: M-57034-286-0
Beschreibung
Moody Moves started life in 2005 with the movement Funky Fugato, a short
encore for members of the Aurora Ensemble ? in that particular recital just
oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano. The piece was revisited early in 2011 with
the intention of expanding it for the whole ensemble. The result was a
twenty-four minute concert piece of six movements for piano and wind quintet.
Moody Moves was given its first performance in March 2012 at Ongar Music Club
by the Aurora Ensemble (to whom it is dedicated) with the pianist Joanna
Smith. There are six movements: Amorous Antiphon, a fantasia-like movement
leading directly to Precocious Prelude ? a lively syncopated allegro based on
a minimalist figure heard at the outset. The composer had originally been
thinking of this movement as the basis of a second concert piece for
piano-duet and orchestra but the opening wind figure seemed to lend itself to
a more wind-based piece. Retro Romance begins with a sweeping horn solo which
is developed by all the instruments in turn before a central section
featuring the cor anglais. Funky Fugato, written in a plethora of time
signatures and syncopated rhythms, is in a quasi-contrapuntal style in which
the instruments imitate each other at various intervals. Cool Cadenza allows
the instruments a degree of individual expression within a somewhat smoky
atmosphere. The final movement, Saucy Saltarello, is a lighthearted romp
based on a lively Italian dance dating from the 13th Century. A recording
of Moody Moves is available on the Herald label (HAVPCD380) together with
other chamber works by Roderick Elms including Twelve Astrological Preludes
for piano (played by the composer), Cygncopations for saxophone and piano
(Kyle Horch saxophone and Joanna Smith piano), Two Anglo Fandangos for guitar
and organ (Victoria Green guitar and Stuart Nicholson organ) and Two Festive
Carillons for organ played by Stuart Nicholson on the organ of Brentwood
Cathedral.
