Taking his starting point from 17th century philosopher-poet Cyrano de Bergerac's 'Grandes Plaines du Jour', Hesketh powerfully fuses a huge range of performing and compositional techniques into this 12 minute work for solo violin. Inspired by Bergerac's imaginations of other worlds and utopian societies, the work explores extreme ranges and timbres whilst using techniques such as left hand pizzicato and natural harmonics. Open-fifth material, which is natural to the instrument, is prominent and short duets alternating between arco and pizzicato figures add yet another dimension.
| Binding: | Saddle-wire stitching |
|---|---|
| Content text: | I Le principe de la matière est d'être en action II Régions Eclairées |
| Difficulty: | difficult |
| ISMN: | 979-0-2201-3057-1 |
| Performance duration: | 12' 0" |
| Publisher: | Schott Music Ltd., London |
| Series: | Edition Schott |
| Uraufführung : | 29 April 2005 London, Purcell Room · Simon Blendis, violin |
| Year of composition: | 2005 |
| page number: | 16 |
Taking his starting point from 17th century philosopher-poet Cyrano de Bergerac's 'Grandes Plaines du Jour', Hesketh powerfully fuses a huge range of performing and compositional techniques into this 12 minute work for solo violin. Inspired by Bergerac's imaginations of other worlds and utopian societies, the work explores extreme ranges and timbres whilst using techniques such as left hand pizzicato and natural harmonics. Open-fifth material, which is natural to the instrument, is prominent and short duets alternating between arco and pizzicato figures add yet another dimension.
| Binding: | Saddle-wire stitching |
|---|---|
| Content text: | I Le principe de la matière est d'être en action II Régions Eclairées |
| Difficulty: | difficult |
| ISMN: | 979-0-2201-3057-1 |
| Performance duration: | 12' 0" |
| Publisher: | Schott Music Ltd., London |
| Series: | Edition Schott |
| Uraufführung : | 29 April 2005 London, Purcell Room · Simon Blendis, violin |
| Year of composition: | 2005 |
| page number: | 16 |