6 Pieces after Bidel. 'The scents and colours of this garden pulse with love: Along with every rose, the nightingale's fluttering wing.' Bidel The title Par-feshani-ye 'Eshq (the fluttering wings of love) is taken from a text by the 18th century Sufi poet Bidel. Each brief movement takes a couplet from the poem as inspiration, drawing on an extraordinary array of images - clay pots on waterwheels, a nightingale's fluttering wings, weighty fetters? links, the world?s garden roses. The cycle is drawn together through the use of an Aghan-Indian rag (kaj dumi) which is heard in several guises- as bells, a nightingale?s song, a singer?s lament, and transformed into a gentle chorale. References to Stravinsky, Chopin and Berg, unusual in such a context, reflect other preoccupations during the composition of the work.
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Description
Details
- Categories
- Duration
- 10 minutes
- Premiere
Renée Reznek, Homerton College , Cambridge University, 26th April 2014
- Scoring
- 1 Piano
Performances
8 February 2015 | Stellenbosch University, South Africa | Renée Reznek (piano) |
3 February 2015 | Montgomery Drive, Athlon, South Africa | Renée Reznek (piano) |
29 January 2015 | Northwards House, Johannesburg, South Aftrica | Renée Reznek |
4 June 2014 | St Johns Parish Church, Church Row, London | Renée Reznek |
22 May 2014 | 1901 Club, London | Renée Reznek |
15 May 2014 | 1901 Club, London | Renée Reznek |
26 April 2014 | Homerton College, University of Cambridge | Renée Reznek |