Reflection
Instrumentation
String Orchestra
Year
2012
Duration
6'40"
Program Note
‘Reflection’ was originally conceived on one January evening, during the composition program at the 2012 Australian Youth Orchestra Music Camp. By the time I sat down to write the work I was exhausted, having only very recently finished an intense 5 days of writing a serial work for chamber orchestra. Consequently, ’Reflection’ emerged as a kind of reaction to the turbulent previous work as it it is tonal, expressive and was written with much love for a special person in my life. Post camp, the work was edited and extended to this current version. Musically, I view the most notable influences of this work to be Sigur Ros and Per Nørgård, in particular Nørgård’s ‘Pastorale’ for string orchestra.
Performance History
5 Sep 13: Nickson Room, University of QLD, Brisbane. Ady Ensemble.
17 Nov 2012: at Nostalgia - notoriety - newbies...St Andrew's Uniting Church, Brisbane. Ady Ensemble.
Score Preview
The score and parts are available for purchase through the Australian Music Centre. Click here.