AFC970DE-BBB3-4F35-897A-D6BD99ADA0E8
| ID | AFC970DE-BBB3-4F35-897A-D6BD99ADA0E8 |
|---|---|
| Titlecode | R00174 |
| Title Name | Antiphonies |
| Marketing Copy | (not set) |
| Instrumentation | 0.2(1d English Horn).0.2: 2.0.0.0: Piano: Strings (minimum 6.5.4.4.2) |
| Commission | Commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra |
| Dedication | (not set) |
| Program Notes | Antiphonies was commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and completed in 1992. It is essentially a concerto grosso for virtuoso chamber orchestra, slightly reminiscent of Baroque style, and cast in a single 16-minute movement. The title reflects two important aspects of the piece. First, it is antiphonal: several musical ideas are tossed about by the various smaller ensembles that make up the whole - a quartet of double reeds, a pair of horns, solo piano, solo strings and tutti strings. Second, the solo strings introduce an antiphon-like, modal melody (of my own composition) fairly near the beginning of the piece. This melody recurs a number of times and becomes the central idea of the last large section, an extended adagio. At the very end of the work the music seems to disappear, almost in a puff of smoke. Czeslaw Milosz, whose poetry I was reading during the composition of Antiphonies, captures the essence of it: We are riding through frozen fields in a wagon at dawn. A red wing rose in the darkness. And suddenly a hare ran across the road One of us pointed to it with his hand. That was long ago. Today neither of them is alive, Not the hare, nor the man who made the gesture. O my love, where are they, where are they going The flash of a hand, streak of movement, rustle of pebbles. I ask not out of sorrow, but in wonder. Czeslaw Milosz, 'Encounter' from 'Bells in Winter' --Donald Crockett |
| Title Brand | 2 |
| Year Composed | 1992 |
| Copyright Number | (not set) |
| Copyright Year | (not set) |
| Duration | 15 |
| Ensemble Size | 13 |
| Date Created | 2008-10-31 20:31:17.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:31:17 |
| Inhouse Note | (not set) |
| Bsc Code | (not set) |
| Text Author | (not set) |
| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
| Recording Credits | (not set) |
| Review | "...The 'Adagio' finale grips the listener most poignantly..." --Daniel Cariaga, Los Angeles Times<BR><BR> "In his 1992 Antiphonies, Crockett...created music both highly sophisticated and immediately accessible... the piece has a wonderful crystalline quality: Musical impulses remain clearly distinct and airy, even as they jostle simultaneously on the sound canvas. The orchestration is masterful. There's a wonderful racing energy to Antiphonies, produced from ideas quickly tossed about (hence the title), and yet it doesn't shy away from lyrical beauty. Even Crockett's use of canon, an often austere device, elicits poetic effect--it's as if sounds are dropped in pools of water and we hear the expanding rings..." <BR>--Timothy Mangan, Los Angeles Times |
| Awards | Winner of the Kenneth Davenport Prize |
| Title Category | 7 |
| Title Movements | (not set) |
| Title Grade | (not set) |
| Set Series ID | (not set) |
| Title Instrument Category Text | Full Orchestra |
| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
| Title Sub Category | 31 |
| Title Instrument Header | 41 |
| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
| Clean Url | antiphonies-r00174 |