AB661767-D15C-41D3-AECA-DF51070024F6
| ID | AB661767-D15C-41D3-AECA-DF51070024F6 |
|---|---|
| Titlecode | X503037 |
| Title Name | Night Scenes |
| Marketing Copy | A look at the cinema in four vignettes, Night Scenes was commissioned for the Claremont Trio by Laguna Beach Live! Recorded by the Firebird Ensemble, New World Records 80718. |
| Instrumentation | Violin, Cello, Piano |
| Commission | Commissioned for the Claremont Trio by Laguna Beach Live! 2010 Laguna Beach Music Festival. |
| Dedication | (not set) |
| Program Notes | Night Scenes (2009) for piano trio is a look at the cinema in four vignettes. The movement titles, Scatter the Barbarians, The Blue Guitar, Midnight Train, and Night Hawks, are meant to evoke scenes from imaginary movies or very possible scenes of the movie-goers themselves. The titles are invented or found objects, not the least of which is the evocation of the famous Hopper painting. One might say of Night Hawks that perhaps the subjects of the painting inhabit the late show in an old art-cinema house, or maybe the music underscores a scene in a movie about them. The midnight train is evoked in an ostinato and the violin and cello sing 'the song of the riders on the midnight train' using fiddle-like open strings passionately. The blue guitar accompanies sinuous lines first in the cello, then in the violins, before moving into a kind of Ivesian overlapping of chords. Perhaps several guitarists showed up and it's too dark or late to play together. Scattering the barbarians in this case requires intricate passagework and sudden noisy chords. These are just suggestions, though, and I invite you to create your own scenes as the music unfolds. Night Scenes was commissioned for the Claremont Trio by Laguna Beach Live! and completed in November 2009. -Donald Crockett |
| Title Brand | 2 |
| Year Composed | 2009 |
| Copyright Number | (not set) |
| Copyright Year | (not set) |
| Duration | 15 |
| Ensemble Size | 3 |
| Date Created | 2010-04-09 20:32:08.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:32:08 |
| Inhouse Note | (not set) |
| Bsc Code | (not set) |
| Text Author | (not set) |
| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
| Recording Credits | Recorded by the Firebird Ensemble, New World Records 80718. |
| Review | (not set) |
| Awards | (not set) |
| Title Category | 10 |
| Title Movements | 1. Scatter the Barbarians 2. The Blue Guitar 3. Midnight Train 4. Night Hawks |
| Title Grade | (not set) |
| Set Series ID | (not set) |
| Title Instrument Category Text | String Duo & Ensemble |
| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
| Title Sub Category | 74 |
| Title Instrument Header | 63 |
| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
| Clean Url | night-scenes-x503037 |