I Dreamed of Heathland…
Largo, In D.
Date of composing November 2016 (edited in 2022)
Genre piece for chamber ensemble of 7 players (flute, oboe, 2 percussion sets, electric guitar, piano, contrabass)
Style contemporary classical, Celtic, polyphonic
Duration [3’53”]
Level of difficulty advanced
Copyright © 2016 Natalia Pispini
Idea and musical structure
A programmatic piece for mixed chamber ensemble was inspired by obscure atmosphere and gloomy characters of Thomas Hardy’s novels. In the beginning, the music is developing in an epical manner and slow motion to recreate a foggy mood, but soon it moves towards dramatic changes and takes a messy character which resolves into a calming epilogue. The general style is improvisational and fluidic (the melodies and motifs have no exact repeats), polyphonic (voices are contrasting each other), featuring ‘Celtic’ music elements, and slightly dissonant (polytonality is mainly imposed by oboe’s part). To balance the changeable texture, I added a refrain repeated twice (the whole structure is A-B-C-B1-D) and has more rhythmic and harmonic ‘certainty’.
Performance notes
The ensemble is meant for performance by experienced musicians, and though there is no specific extended technique, it is of an advanced level of difficulty.
I distribute this my work under Creative Common License with attribution to my authorship.
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