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Eurydice
978-0-19-335680-1
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11 October 2007
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for solo clarinet
Eurydice is based on a work by the great Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay - a series of six large stones installed in a garden in Provence, set in a sea of lavender (representing water) and inscribed with a simple poetic text, each line of which begins with 'Eurydice' and is followed by a natural phenomenon, 'the mountain-tops', 'the oaks' etc. The piece is in eleven sections. Each section begins with a refrain - 'Eurydice' - followed by differently characterized music for 'the woods', 'the clouds' etc. Forces or CategorySolo clarinetDuration9
minutesDifficultyModerately difficult to DifficultProgramme NotesEuridyce is the first of three pieces based on works by the great Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay, each work being in a different medium, though all are text-based. It is derived from the following text, entitled A Variation on Lines by Pope. (THis beautiful text is inscribed on a series of six large stones installed in a garden in Provence. The stones are set in a sea of lavender, representing water.)
Euridyce the woods; Euridyce the floods
Euridyce the snows; Euridyce the mountain-tops
Euridyce the stars;
Euridyce the groves
Euridyce the swifts; Euridyce the nightingales
Euridyce the clouds; Euridyce the oaks
Euridyce the rocks
The first two lines, and the last line, occur in Alexander Pope's Ode on St Cecilia's Day.
The piece is in eleven sections divided into pairs with a single one on the end. Each section begins with a refrain - Euridyce - followed by differently characterised music for the woods, the clouds etc. Sometimes this is quasi-onomatopoeic (as in the swifts, the nightingales), representational (the floods, the stars), or more subtly allusive.
Euridyce was written to a private commission and was first performed by Andrew Sparling at St Giles Church, Cripplegate, on October 13th 1995.
Reproduced by permission of
Oxford University Press
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Gabriel Jackson (b.1962) Gabriel Jackson was born in Bermuda. After three years as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral he studied composition at the Royal College of Music. Jackson's music has been commissioned, performed and broadcast worldwide, and his works have been presented at many festivals including Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Spitalfields, and the BBC Proms. His liturgical pieces are in the repertoires of many of Britain's cathedral and collegiate choirs, and his choral works in general have been recorded by some of the world's leading choirs including Polyphony, The Vasari Singers, The State Choir of Latvia, and Merton College Choir, Oxford. He is currently the Associate Composer to the BBC
Singers, who have premiered and broadcast a number of recent commissions. Over recent years Jackson's music has been equally focussed on instrumental works. Commissions include works for organist Michael Bonaventure, Red Note Ensemble, and the Lunar Sax Quartet.Gabriel Jackson's MySpace page
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