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Alan Dudley wrote:
>I enjoyed it immensely, but I wish he had not asked.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Alan. It was an interesting piece to rehearse
as well. After playing it through there were many strange looks from
members of the orchestra. I include myself in this group. After some work
on the different dances and a bit more familiarity I personally came to
enjoy some of it. I did feel however that it lacked a little in variety.
Of the twelve dances, I think 7 or 8 of them were in 2 and these were in
similar tempi. There was one 3/4 dance and one in 7/4 (which was actually
written out as one 4/4 bar followed by a 3/4 bar. Why I'm not entirely
sure - it wasn't beacuse it was easier to read, I'm sure) and there were
some in 4/4. All but one of these was conducted in 2 however. This seemed
to make everything sound the same. Of course things tend to sound a bit
different within an orchestra than they do from without so it may not have
come across this way.
>This was a world premiere (well nearly - the same programme was given on
>Friday and Saturday nights. I was there on Saturday) of a work by Elena
>Kats-Chernin, Uzbekistan-born, moved to Australia at age 18, studied in
>Moscow, Sydney, Hannover and Stuttgart and now living in Sydney.
Saturday was the world premiere performance. There was no Friday
performance.
>If it ever gets recorded, buy it!
As is often the case, the concert was recorded by ABC Radio and was
broadcast on the following Tuesday. It may turn up again on an ABC
Classic FM programme in the future.
Tomorrow night sees probably the highlight of the current Brisbane Festival
with a concert by Quatuor Mosaiques performing Haydn and Beethoven. Drool,
drool...
Matthew Gillet
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