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| Title | Displacement |
| Contributors |
Alan Cameron (composer) |
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| Duration (mins) | 0 |
| Category | trio |
| Instrumentation | Cl Vn Pf |
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| First performed | 07 02 2004 Two's Company Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow |
| Notes | |
| Programme Note | This short piece for clarinet, violin and piano portrays in a stark, programmatic way the mental agony of people displaced from their hoemland. The lost and confused emotions are reflected through the use of twelve-note row technique. The thin texture fluctuates between neo-classical and neo-romantic and transposed segments of the row are developed as pseudo-classical motifs. In this brief personal interpretation of twelve-note row practice the music heads for a brutal conclusion with a rhythmically varied piano ostinato. The refugees' initial questioninfg of their predicament ultimately leads to panic and desperation, and in the final two chords, anger and rage. In a world of abundant material prosperity, the homeless and displaced desreve better. |
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