PARTS
STARS COME OUT IN A MIDNIGHT SKY FOR STRING ORCHESTRA CÆRWEN MARTIN 2018 DURATION 7:00
COMMISSIONED BY THE HUSH FOUNDATION FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. PREMIERE PERFORMANCES BY THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AT CITY HALL, SYDNEY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, LIVE BROADCAST ABC, AND ELIZABETH MURDOCH HALL, MELBOURNE, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2018
PROGR1 NOTES
THE TITLE FOR THIS PIECE IS BEST DESCRIBED BY A QUOTE FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING “ONLY IN THE DARKNESS CAN WE SEE THE STARS.” WHAT I TAKE FROM THIS IS THAT DURING TIMES OF GREAT TRIAL AND HARDSHIP, WE REACH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAGNITUDE OF LIFE. I WRITE THIS PIECE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE I MET IN DURING MY TIME RESEARCHING THIS PIECE IN THE ROYAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND THE MONASH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, FOR THEY ARE ALL STARS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
INSTRUMENTATION
VIOLIN 1, VIOLIN 2, VIOLA, VIOLONCELLO, DOUBLE BASS SUGGESTED STRENGTH 6,5,4,3,1
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