The Death of Baldr
| avondale-bepress-to-dspace.faculty | Arts | |
| avondale-bepress-to-dspace.participants | < 100 | |
| avondale-bepress-to-dspace.summary | <p><strong>Research Background</strong></p> <p>Current national developments in composition have identified a lack of chamber music repertoire for non-traditional combinations of instruments. This composition was commissioned by clarinetist, Ian Sykes, and premiered by the Sirius Chamber Ensemble. The composition was a collaborative process, being work-shopped with minor edits made to the score to adapt to the ensemble.</p> <p><strong>Research Contribution</strong></p> <p>The composition <em>The Death of Baldr</em> by Australian composer Paul Smith addresses the aesthetic challenge of creating chamber ensemble repertoire for a sextet of flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, cello and piano. The Australian Music Centre (AMC) identifies no other Australian sextet composition with the corresponding instrumentation. The 4-movement structure of <em>Baldr</em> is interspersed by three miniature solo movements that explore flute, clarinet and piano as soloists and contribute to the unique format for a sextet. In addition, no Australian-composed sextet has been archived by the AMC as employing Nordic mythology as narrative, thus <em>Baldr</em> provides an Australian contribution to the global catalogue of Nordic-inspired music. The sound world of <em>Baldr</em> incorporates a number of 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> century techniques including some expressions of minimalism, moments of strident atonality and neoclassic romantic textures. Given Australia’s complicated musical history the composition contributes to a diverse Australian musical identity.</p> <p><strong>Research Significance</strong></p> <p>The significance of this composition lies in its omission within the sextet of any traditional 18<sup>th</sup> and 19<sup>th</sup> century piano trio or wind quintet instrumentation. The absence of violin to complete a piano trio and oboe to complete a wind quintet results in timbres and melodies that allow bassoon and cello to attain appreciable sonic prominence. The value of the composition is attested by the concert review of the premiere, describing it as “a modern day tone poem based on Nordic mythology”.</p> | |
| avondale-bepress.abstract | <p>Current national developments in composition have identified a lack of chamber music repertoire for non-traditional combinations of instruments. This composition, <em>The Death of Baldr</em> by Australian composer Paul Smith, was commissioned by clarinetist, Ian Sykes, and premiered by the Sirius Chamber Ensemble. The composition was a collaborative process, being work-shopped with minor edits made to the score to adapt to the ensemble.</p> | |
| avondale-bepress.articleid | 1030 | |
| avondale-bepress.authors | Paul Smith | |
| avondale-bepress.authors | Claire Howard Race | |
| avondale-bepress.context-key | 6902565 | |
| avondale-bepress.coverpage-url | https://research.avondale.edu.au/arts_creativeworks/29 | |
| avondale-bepress.document-type | creativework | |
| avondale-bepress.field.audience | < 100 | |
| avondale-bepress.field.author_faculty_discipline | Arts | |
| avondale-bepress.field.comments | <p>Due to copyright restrictions this creative work is unavailable for download.</p> | |
| avondale-bepress.field.creator | <p><strong>Research Background</strong></p> <p>Current national developments in composition have identified a lack of chamber music repertoire for non-traditional combinations of instruments. This composition was commissioned by clarinetist, Ian Sykes, and premiered by the Sirius Chamber Ensemble. The composition was a collaborative process, being work-shopped with minor edits made to the score to adapt to the ensemble.</p> <p><strong>Research Contribution</strong></p> <p>The composition <em>The Death of Baldr</em> by Australian composer Paul Smith addresses the aesthetic challenge of creating chamber ensemble repertoire for a sextet of flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, cello and piano. The Australian Music Centre (AMC) identifies no other Australian sextet composition with the corresponding instrumentation. The 4-movement structure of <em>Baldr</em> is interspersed by three miniature solo movements that explore flute, clarinet and piano as soloists and contribute to the unique format for a sextet. In addition, no Australian-composed sextet has been archived by the AMC as employing Nordic mythology as narrative, thus <em>Baldr</em> provides an Australian contribution to the global catalogue of Nordic-inspired music. The sound world of <em>Baldr</em> incorporates a number of 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> century techniques including some expressions of minimalism, moments of strident atonality and neoclassic romantic textures. Given Australia’s complicated musical history the composition contributes to a diverse Australian musical identity.</p> <p><strong>Research Significance</strong></p> <p>The significance of this composition lies in its omission within the sextet of any traditional 18<sup>th</sup> and 19<sup>th</sup> century piano trio or wind quintet instrumentation. The absence of violin to complete a piano trio and oboe to complete a wind quintet results in timbres and melodies that allow bassoon and cello to attain appreciable sonic prominence. The value of the composition is attested by the concert review of the premiere, describing it as “a modern day tone poem based on Nordic mythology”.</p> | |
| avondale-bepress.field.custom_citation | <p><em>The death of Baldr.</em> (2014, September 21). Live performance in The Glebe Justice Centre, Sydney, Australia.</p> | |
| avondale-bepress.field.embargo_date | 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z | |
| avondale-bepress.field.field_of_education | 10 Creative Arts | |
| avondale-bepress.field.for | 190407 Music Performance | |
| avondale-bepress.field.ntro | Live Performance of Creative Work - Music | |
| avondale-bepress.field.publication_date | 2014-09-21T00:00:00Z | |
| avondale-bepress.field.quality | Disseminated via nationally recognised outlet or entity | |
| avondale-bepress.field.reportable_items | Creative Work | |
| avondale-bepress.field.scale | Major | |
| avondale-bepress.field.source_publication | <p>This creative work was originally published as:</p> <p><em>The death of Baldr.</em> (2014, September 21). Live performance in The Glebe Justice Centre, Sydney, Australia.</p> | |
| avondale-bepress.field.staff_classification | Permanent | |
| avondale-bepress.keywords | live performance | |
| avondale-bepress.keywords | premiere performance | |
| avondale-bepress.keywords | australian composition | |
| avondale-bepress.label | 29 | |
| avondale-bepress.publication-date | 2014-09-21T00:00:00Z | |
| avondale-bepress.publication-title | Arts Creative Works | |
| avondale-bepress.state | published | |
| avondale-bepress.submission-date | 2015-03-25T16:21:17Z | |
| avondale-bepress.submission-path | arts_creativeworks/29 | |
| avondale-bepress.title | The Death of Baldr | |
| avondale-bepress.type | article | |
| dc.contributor.author | Howard Race, Claire | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Paul | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-01T00:39:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-01T00:39:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-09-21 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2015-03-25T16:21:17Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | <p>Current national developments in composition have identified a lack of chamber music repertoire for non-traditional combinations of instruments. This composition, <em>The Death of Baldr</em> by Australian composer Paul Smith, was commissioned by clarinetist, Ian Sykes, and premiered by the Sirius Chamber Ensemble. The composition was a collaborative process, being work-shopped with minor edits made to the score to adapt to the ensemble.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.citation | <p><em>The death of Baldr.</em> (2014, September 21). Live performance in The Glebe Justice Centre, Sydney, Australia.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/06902565 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_us | |
| dc.provenance | <p>This creative work was originally published as:</p> <p><em>The death of Baldr.</em> (2014, September 21). Live performance in The Glebe Justice Centre, Sydney, Australia.</p> | |
| dc.rights | <p>Due to copyright restrictions this creative work is unavailable for download.</p> | |
| dc.subject | live performance | |
| dc.subject | premiere performance | |
| dc.subject | australian composition | |
| dc.title | The Death of Baldr | |
| dc.type | Creative Work |