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Bell: Planet for Chamber Orchestra Study Score

Bell: Planet for Chamber Orchestra Study Score

Bell, Iain

Paperback

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Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN13: 9798350145083
Publisher: Chester Music
Published: Apr 1 2026
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.19 Width: 8.93 Depth: 12.00
Language: English
(Study Score). Study score for Weir's orchestral work commissioned by Britten Pears Arts for the Aldeburgh Festival 2024 where Weir was Composer in Residence. PLANET is a set of three short orchestral pieces inspired by views of our planet, and galaxy, photographed from outer space. These are: (1)The blue marble/Apollo 17 (2)The pale blue dot/Voyager 1 (3) Cluster NGC 6355 /Hubble Space Telescope Musically, the three movements are primarily studies in texture and harmony. (1) explores a wide, almost- static set of chords (2) adark, thin atmosphere, briefly illuminated towards the end by shafts of sound (3) a dense collision of instrumental groups, eventually forming a rich harmonic mass. It may seem strange to have explored such a huge, cosmic subject by means of a smallish Mozart-sized orchestra. My inspiration here was a visit to the ingenious Eise Eisinga Planetarium at Franeker in the Netherlands (completed in 1781, and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.) Built in the sitting room ceiling of a modestly sized house, and operated by a clockwork-style mechanism in the loft, it accurately represents the changing positions of the earth, sun, moon and five neighbouring planets, in real time.

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