Between Two Waves of the Sea

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Forces or Category: Full orchestra

Orchestration: FOR THE LIVE SECTIONS: 3 fl (II&III+picc), 3 ob, 3 cl (III+E flat), 3 bn (III+cbn) - 4 hn, 3 tpt (III in D), 2 tbn, btbn, tba, timp, 3 perc, hp, elec gtr, pn (+sampler), str FOR THE PRE-RECORDED SECTIONS: As orchestration for the live section, except III fl +picc&bfl, no elec gtr, no pn

This work is a dialogue between the live orchestra and sections of pre-recorded orchestral music, which were composed especially for the piece and are triggered from a sampler. The recorded sections are rarely in the same tempo as the orchestra itself, and the music is a dialogue between two different kinds of time, or between life and death.

Between Two Waves of the Sea

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Richard Causton

Description

This work is a dialogue between the live orchestra and sections of pre-recorded orchestral music, which were composed especially for the piece and are triggered from a sampler. The recorded sections are rarely in the same tempo as the orchestra itself, and the music is a dialogue between two different kinds of time, or between life and death.

Programme Notes:

Between Two Waves of the Sea was commissioned by Jane, Anne and John Arthur in memory of their parents, Jean and Peter. It received its world première on 15 December 2004 in Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Its two movements, each lasting about ten minutes, are built around the interplay between live orchestral music and pre-recorded sections, which were composed alongside the live material and are played via a sampler. The recording functions in various ways: sometimes it is barely

Between Two Waves of the Sea

Conductor's score and parts on hire

Richard Causton

Composer Information

Richard Causton (b.1971)

Richard Causton was born in London and studied at the University of York, the Royal College of Music and the Scuola Civica in Milan. He has worked with world renowned performers such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, London Sinfonietta, and the Nash Ensemble. He has been the recipient of several awards, including First Prize in the International 'Nuove Sincronie competition, the Mendelssohn Scholarship and a 2004 British Composer Award in the Best Instrumental Work category for Seven States of Rain. He was founder of the Royal College of Music Gamelan Programme and held the Fellow Commonership in the Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge.

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