The Instrumental Music of Nicholas Maw: Questions of Tonality
1973; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE; Issue: 106 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s004029820005779x
ISSN1980-542X
Autores Tópico(s)Irish and British Studies
ResumoThis year two important new instrumental works by Nicholas Maw have received their first performances: the Serenade for chamber orchestra (Singapore, 31 March) and Life Studies for 15 solo strings (Cheltenham, 9 July). With the Five Irish Songs for mixed chorus (Cork International Choral Festival, 4 May) and a new piano composition ( Personae , London, 2 August), 1973 looks like being one of Maw's most productive years. Stylistically it may also prove to have been the most crucial since 1962, when Scenes and Arias was first heard. Even after a single performance, I think there can be no doubt that Life Studies is a remarkable and convincing composition which could inaugurate a new approach by Maw to the whole question of form in instrumental music.
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