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Luminous (1999)
Orchestra
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2+pic.2.2.0 / 4.3.3.1 / timp.perc / str |
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Premiere
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Auckland Philharmonia, Edvard Tchivzhel (cond), 20 May 1999
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Commissioner
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Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
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Availability |
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For Sale PEF056 Facsimile study score |
NZD$25.00 
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Programme note |
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Luminous was one of the ‘Century Fanfares’ commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia from ten New Zealand composers in 1998. The composer writes: ‘When I was invited to write a fanfare for the new millennium I inevitably found myself considering the last one thousand years. For me, the single most striking feature of human history during the last millennium has been the increase in travel and the settling in foreign lands of smaller and smaller groups. In the distant past, an entire race of people would slowly traverse one continent. Today, an individual, in the space of a few days, is able to completely uproot from their homeland and settle in a country on the other side of the world.
‘A friend of mine, Pan, moved to New Zealand from China. For her, the pressure to integrate two very different sets of beliefs proved ultimately overwhelming. This work is dedicated to her memory.’
The reviewer at the first performance wrote: ‘this is music suspended in space, existing for its texture only. It locks a continuous event in stillness by eliminating attack and abrupt change…. Rhythm and melody are eliminated and replaced by long and sustained chord shifts achieved through clever dovetailing of single notes, tone colours and dynamics.’
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Mar 5th, 2010 Christchurch Symphony
Tom Woods (cond)
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Jun 28th, 2009 Wellington Chamber Orchestra
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May 12th, 2006 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
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