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Celtic Cross
By Peter Rankine
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A Dialogue for violin and chamber orchestra c.10'00The concept of this works was to marry something of the lyricism and the sonorities of Celtic folk music with the forces and language of a contemporary classical chamber orchestra. Sounds and techniques of fiddle playing are referenced, such as the style of ornamentation shared by fiddle, flute and pipe of contemporary and historical folk practice.
Composed 1992 rev. 2022
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ISMN 9790673140813
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Des Oiseaux et de la Danse
By Peter Rankine
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Flute solo, c.3'00. Grade A.MusThis music falls into two sections. In des Oiseaux, fantastic birdcalls provide the thematic material and something of the dramatic character of the music, while la Danse is a short, ecstatic dance of high energy and constantly changing metres.
Composed 2010, 2nd Ed 2017
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ISMN 9790720172545
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Eulogy
By Peter Rankine
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Three movements for Wind Quintet - piccolo/flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon c.15'00
Eulogy seeks to embrace, celebrate and pay tribute to the voicings in the ensemble (including some piquant octave and double-octave passages) are a tribute to Stravinsky, who seemed to invent wind instruments, such was the depth and novelty of his idiosyncratic writing. Bartok and Lutoslawski often reinterpreted Baroque and Classical forms and techniques, and similar ambitions are expressed in the first two movements of the work. While the third movement is inspired by Messiaen's bird call.
Composed 1987 rev. 2022
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ISMN 9790673140820
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From Fire by Fire
By Peter Rankine
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Quartet for mixed ensemble - flute, violin, horn, cello, c.18'00The work takes its title from a lyric of Little Gidding, in T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. This poem inspired and nourished the composer during the creation of the work. It did this because it speaks eloquently of the creative process itself: tumult; achievement and loss; and mystery. And it did so because the exploration of Time and Eternity is evocative and compelling and seems to address the heart of the mystery of being. To find a musical representation of this interplay and co-existence between “the timeless and time” was a principal inspiration for this work.
Composed 1989, 2nd Ed 2017
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ISMN 9790720172590
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Reflèts de la Mer
By Peter Rankine
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Flute solo, c.5'00. Grade 8Reflèts (reflections) are manifest in several ways: the piece is in three sections, slow-fast-slow, with material from the first section revisited in the third, thereby creating a rough symmetry about the centre; the principal melodies, especially in the slow movements, are turned more-or-less upside down, in the way of reflections in water (even rippley water such as the sea – la Mer).
Composed 2010, 2nd Ed 2017
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ISMN 9790720172552
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Te Déum
By Peter Rankine
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SAB Choir, c.13'00
Te Déum draws on the Plainsong of the same name. Selected lines of text are rendered in Latin and English. Likewise, some of the rhythmic and melodic figures reflect musical elements in the original. Composed 2003, 2nd Ed 2017
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Towards the Still Point
By Peter Rankine
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Clarinet in Bb and piano, c.9'00T.S. Eliot’s, Four Quartets – passages of Burnt Norton in particular – inspired the music, which is an exploration of various experiences of time: muscular and corporeal in “The Dance” (Mvt I); “neither from nor towards”, “still yet moving” (Mvt II); and a centering towards “the still point (of the turning world)” – “only through time, time is conquered” (Mvt III).
Composed 1991, 2nd Ed 2017
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ISMN 9790720172484
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