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HOWARD Mesmerism for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Score
EP 73331
EMILY HOWARD
Mesmerism for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Score
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INSTRUMENTATION 2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo) 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in B2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in BTimpani Piano Strings (recommended: 6–6–4–4–2)
Score in C Duration: 17ʹ
Commissioned by the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra in its Diamond Jubilee Year with support from the PRS for Music Foundation First performed in October 2011 by Alexandra Dariescu (Solo Piano) with the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, conducted by Mark Heron at the Pacific Road Venue, Birkenhead Mesmerism won the Making Music British Composer Award 2012 A recording of Mesmerism, given by Alexandra Dariescu (solo piano) and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Andrew Gourlay, is available on NMC debut disc Magnetite [NMC D219], NMC Recordings
PROGRAMME NOTE Mesmerism for piano and chamber orchestra is one in a series of works inspired by mathematician Ada Lovelace (these include a dramatic vocal work Ada sketches and Calculus of the Nervous System for symphony orchestra). Lovelace dabbled with mesmerism, a forerunner of hypnosis developed by physician Franz Mesmer. Mesmerism is in one continuous movement and lasts approximately 17 minutes. Throughout, I have imagined that the relationship of soloist to orchestra is mesmeric: the work is concerned with the piano ’mesmerising’ the orchestra. Emily Howard, 2011
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