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The berserking : a concerto for piano & orchestra / James MacMillan.

LIBRA M1010.M26 B4 2023
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Genre:
  • Scores.
  • Concertos.
Physical Description:
1 study score (125 pages) ; 26 cm.
Other Title:
Berserking : a concerto for piano and orchestra
Place of Publication:
London : Boosey & Hawkes, [2023]
Language Note:
Staff notation.
Summary:
"Berserkers were special warriors common to the Vikings and the ancient Celtic tribes who would work themselves into a frenzy with mead, mushrooms and hyperventilation to achieve performances of ferocious courage in battle. Although deadly in combat, the berserking process was paradoxically a suicidal one since, having lost their senses, they were vulnerable to a more stealthy attack. ... The misplaced energy became the defining element in the work's material and structure, so that in the opening section there is a sense of swaggering futility in the way the energy is 'misdirected' into climaxes without resolutions and maintained in a continual state of hyperactivity and excess." -- Composer's note.
Notes:
  • Duration: 33 min.
  • Includes preface by composer in English, with translations in German and French.
  • Premiered by Peter Donohoe (piano) and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert.
  • Dedicated to Steve Martland.
ISBN:
  • 9781784545888
  • 1784545880
OCLC:
1411605412
Publisher Number:
  • 9781784545888
  • M060137112 (Study score ; paperback)
  • 9790060137112 (Study score ; paperback)
  • 10658 Boosey & Hawkes
  • HPS 1680 Boosey & Hawkes

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