Of the sun and the fields

TY - ADVS

T1 - Of the sun and the fields

A2 - Greig, Alastair

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - The title is a translation of a few of the last words uttered by the Spanish poet Miguel Fernandez in 1944, allegedly murdered by fascists in his own country. The poet lived and worked in Orihuela, Spain, where the first performance of this work took place in April 2015. The solo alto saxophone represents the human voice, the strings represent the brutal forces surrounding the "poet". The work is not any form of dramatisation, too crass and vulgar, more a compositional problem to be worked through with the expression in the background. Therefore the melodic line of the solo instrument weaves its way through driving string rhythmic writing. Unlike a good deal of my music there is a strong feeling of regular pulse, pounding away, grinding the voice down until the end when it expires in a breath like gesture.

AB - The title is a translation of a few of the last words uttered by the Spanish poet Miguel Fernandez in 1944, allegedly murdered by fascists in his own country. The poet lived and worked in Orihuela, Spain, where the first performance of this work took place in April 2015. The solo alto saxophone represents the human voice, the strings represent the brutal forces surrounding the "poet". The work is not any form of dramatisation, too crass and vulgar, more a compositional problem to be worked through with the expression in the background. Therefore the melodic line of the solo instrument weaves its way through driving string rhythmic writing. Unlike a good deal of my music there is a strong feeling of regular pulse, pounding away, grinding the voice down until the end when it expires in a breath like gesture.

UR - http://composersedition.com/composers/alastairgreig/orchestra/string-orchestra/ce-ag2otsatf1

M3 - Composition

PB - Composers Edition

CY - London

ER -