Product Description
A brand new piece for string trio entitled Eastern Promise.
The first mvt is based on a rhythmic idea and my notion of
attractive women in virtually no clothes waving their midriffs at
passers by! The melodic material is not particularly Eastern, but the
minor modes give it a slight feel of the mysterious East and the
unsettled rhythm in the cello drives it, rather like a recalcitrant
camel into the distance!
The second movement
uses some string tricks in the form of harmonics to create a feeling of
unease. Like many people, I suspect, I'm not comfortable with the idea
of some potentate keeping women locked up just for his pleasure.
However, the surroundings are plush and there are gardens and birds and
so on and the rooms are pleasant enough. Maybe a young girl is awaiting
her masters pleasure on her first night in the harem? Nervous and
somewhat over-awed, she is saddened because her heart belongs to a boy
from her village...etc etc. various moods. anger, distress and then,
finally determination.
The third movement uses
the "C Persian Scale" which includes Db, Gb and Ab. This gives rise to
some rather unusual harmonies. I imagined some Dervishes, known for their
frenetic whirling dances. I kind of crossed the idea with a jig in 9/8
which gives it a kind of devil-dance feel. String harmonics and double
stopping are prominent features in this movement and, as the pace picks
up, we hear the melody played on harmonics and passed between the
instruments, before a final frenzied flourish as the dance ends.
This is a brand new original piece for string trio. Add it to your new season programme.
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