.png)
Tom Smail
As shade to shadow, For viola and cello
UES101382-000
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 12
Audio preview
Description
Shade is the absence of direct sunlight; shadow is the darkness made on a surface when a person is between the surface and the sunlight. This piece considers the human condition - the dark and the light - and humanity's effect on the world, our long shadow contrasting with nature's often beneficent shade. The viola, much under-used, is the perfect companion for the versatile cello. There is much to-ing and fro-ing in this work - concern, questions, anxiety - and hints of the light too.
Commissioned by the Kapoor Chamber Concert Series and premièred there in 2012.
Musicians on the recording: Viola - Dorothea Vogel / Cello - Vanessa Lucas-Smith
More information
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 12