Moreni (2007)
Duration: 12’
First performance: 4th
September 2007, Nicholas Daniel, Priya Mitchell,
Alexander Sitkovetsky, Joel Waterman, Natalie Clein,
Charles Owen. Boyana Residence, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Moreni (engl. moraines) are ancient boulder
formations that look like giant ‘stone rivers’ and
sometimes there is a real river flowing beneath the
stones making muffled sounds. A few of these can be
found in the Bulgarian mountains of Vitosha and
Pirin.
The piece is in 5 movements, where
the first and fifth; second and fourth movements
mirror each other. The work begins with a Prelude,
presenting the moraines; the second movement goes
beneath the stones to where sometime rivers can be
found flowing quietly and bouncing off the stones to
produce unusual sonorities; the third movement is a
quirky dance, a supposed world that exists beyond
the moraines; followed by a journey back through the
water and finishing with one last impression of the
moraines.
The piece was commissioned by the
Leicester International Music Festival and is
written for the British Ambassador Jeremy Hill and
his wife Katie Hill, as a musical postcard of their
time in Bulgaria.
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Tabakova- Moreni (2007)
Playing: Beginning
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