NY10128
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Burton, K. (2008)
NY10128. Edinburgh, Scotland
This work for chamber orchestra explores the relationship between music and architecture, specifically that of the Guggenheim Museum, NYC.
It was commissioned by the Edinbur...
BE GOOD.
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Hails, J. (2007)
BE GOOD. Edinburgh, Scotland
Work for solo horn, dedicated to Elliott Carter on the occasion of his 100th birthday. First performed by Fergus Kerr on 28th September 2008.
Towards the water’s edge.
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Davismoon, S. (2006)
Towards the water’s edge
This is an electroacoustic sound-installation work over 16 channels which forms a pyramid-like structure to surround the audience.
There are many examples in the electroacou...
Love Eurydice.
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Davismoon, S. & Rodger, J. (2006)
Love Eurydice
This work is for large orchestra, mezzo-soprano (Eurydice) and three other women’s voices (SSA). Certain models of contemporary music visitations to classical legends, inform...
Moon Palace I
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Burton, K. (2006)
Moon Palace I. Edinburgh, Scotland
Moon Palace I takes its title from the novel “Moon Palace” by Paul Auster and is loosely influenced by the following quotation from the novel:
"I had jumped off the edge, an...
“Floating sculptures”.
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Burton, K. (2006)
“Floating sculptures”. Edinburgh, Scotland
The composer's compositional research explores the relationship between music and the visual arts, including photography, architecture and sculpture. "Floating sculptures" was...
Moon Palace II
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Burton, K. (2005)
Moon Palace II
Selected for performance at the New Music Weekend for Piano, Frederic Chopin Conservatoire, Paris. Premiered by Quentin Meurisse on 4th February 2012.
‘...a common treasury ... fragmented’.
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Davismoon, S. (2005)
‘...a common treasury ... fragmented’
The text utilised in the work consists of fragments taken from the political writings by the 17th Century English Revolutionary, Gerard Winstanley.
Central research questio...
Six feet of blood.
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Dempster, K. (2005)
Six feet of blood
The work is based on the poem, 'So many make one' by Norman MacCaig. The poem expresses the development, as well as the passing, of the many different stages in our lives; and...
In Perpetuity.
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Ferguson, P., & Hook, D. (2005)
In Perpetuity
Haftor Medboe writes...The music was written in Edinburgh in the autumn of 2004 as a development of ideas that had evolved through collaboration with fellow musicians and frie...