In focus (1999)
For wind quintet, trumpet, trombone,
percussion-tubular bells, 1 low timpani, sizzle
cymbal, bass drum, snare drum; piano and string
quintet.
Also transcription for flute, 2 Bb
clarinets, bassoon, 2 percussionists (one playing
vibraphone, one playing tubular bells, sizzle cymbal
& marimba), guitar, viola and 'cello
The
inspiration for this composition came from an idea
of representing camera work (in cinematography) in
slow motion, through music. There are two main
objects, one static and one which moves. The
composition is a journey from the static to the
moving, but while the focus shifts from one to the
other, there is a point at which neither is in
focus. Towards the end there is a progressive
layering of the ideas heard previously, which are
gradually resolved in the final chord.
*
Winner of the Lutoslawski Composition Prize
* Chosen to represent British Young Composers in the
2001 Paris Conservatoire Composition Festival
First Performance: 30th September 1999, The
Guildhall New Music Ensemble/dir. Jason Lai, Music
Hall, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Duration
c. 7'
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Tabakova- In focus (1999)
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