Scottish Music Centre

Catalogue Item

w17562

TitleBallooning & Bathyscaphing
Contributors Derek Ball (composer)
Composition date2007
Duration (mins)5
Categorychamber duet
InstrumentationFl Clars
Commissioned by
Key signature
First line
First performed
NotesFor Louise and Heather
Programme NoteThese 3 little pieces take as their starting point the up-and-down motion common to aerostats or balloons and their underwater equivalents the diving bells or bathyscaphes. The harp part is only playable on the celtic or small harp which uses individual tuning blades for each string. (The pedal harps are incapable of tuning different octaves differently.)
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