Alberga: Nightscape

• Composer: Eleanor Alberga (1949-)
• Instrumentation: Chamber Ensemble
• Work: Nightscape (1993) (2Ob 2Cl(ebcl) 2Bsthn 2Bsn 4Hn Db)
• Binding: Spiral Bound
• Size: 8.9 x 12.0 inches
• Pages: None

Description

Eleanor writes:

“At the time of the commission I was shown around the Horniman’s fabulous collection of wind instruments from all over the world and somewhat in response, I decided to write a piece for the same line up as Mozart’s “Gran Partita” – but tilted towards a rather different sound world. The result is a 4-movement Serenade of the sounds, atmosphere, memories and folklore of a Jamaican evening and night. The four movements are titled:

1. Sundown
2. Cicadas, tree-frogs, crickets, party-goers, geckos, dogs, burglars and other nocturnal creatures
3. Into the arms of Morpheus?
4. Br’er Fox and the Dancing Ghosts

Instrumentation:

2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets (ebcl), 2 Basset Horns, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, Double Bass