Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
by Gareth Farr | Piano and Orchestra
by Gareth Farr | Piano and Orchestra
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GARETH FARR<br />
<strong>Concerto</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Piano</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
<strong>Piano</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
Facsimile Study Score<br />
PROMETHEAN EDITIONS<br />
WELLINGTON
GARETH FARR<br />
<strong>Concerto</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Piano</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
<strong>Concerto</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Piano</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
Facsimile Study Score<br />
Score version January 2015<br />
<strong>Concerto</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Piano</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>, was commissioned by New Zeal<strong>and</strong><br />
philanthropist Professor Jack C. Richards. It was premiered by pianist Tony<br />
Lee with the New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Symphony <strong>Orchestra</strong>, conducted by Pietari Inkinen<br />
at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zeal<strong>and</strong> on 28 March 2014.<br />
This edition is a facsimile of the original score provided by the composer.<br />
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Programme Note:<br />
Reflecting on his <strong>Concerto</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Piano</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>, Farr writes:<br />
‘I’m obsessed with the piano concerto as a musical <strong>and</strong> dramatic concept<br />
<strong>and</strong> I’ve wanted to write one since I was 17. The work pays homage to my<br />
compositional heroes; Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Bartók, <strong>and</strong> Ravel<br />
– all of them being masters of writing <strong>for</strong> this <strong>for</strong>m. <strong>Piano</strong> <strong>Concerto</strong>s have<br />
long been stereotyped as romantic, sweeping <strong>and</strong> epic. In this work I have<br />
touched on this idea but <strong>for</strong> the most part I’ve focused on darker symphonic<br />
explorations. There is an ominous urgency to much of the first <strong>and</strong> third<br />
movements while the second has an almost machine-like<br />
atmosphere.’<br />
The composer also took inspiration from the young award winning Sydney<br />
based pianist Tony Lee who premiered the work. Lee, at the age of 15, had<br />
studied at the Central School of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow,<br />
a high school that offers intensive music education. He lived <strong>and</strong> studied<br />
in the country, learning Russian be<strong>for</strong>e returning to Sydney to study at<br />
the Conservatorium of Music. After Farr saw Lee per<strong>for</strong>m, knowing of<br />
the pianist’s background, along with his own acknowledgement of a<br />
Russian influence in his writing <strong>for</strong> piano, a fitting artistic partnership was<br />
established between the composer <strong>and</strong> pianist.<br />
Lee writes:<br />
‘The work is virtuosic – dark, yet, brilliant with a touch of “funk” – all of this<br />
comes to mind in this concerto. It is rhythmically <strong>and</strong> harmonically complex,<br />
<strong>and</strong> it has a lot of the passion <strong>and</strong> drive we would usually hear in the classic<br />
concerti, but with fresh ideas <strong>and</strong> colours we’ve never come across be<strong>for</strong>e.’
Instrumentation:<br />
Piccolo<br />
Flute<br />
Oboe<br />
Cor Anglais<br />
BÏ Clarinet (doubling EÏ Clarinet)<br />
BÏ Clarinet (doubling Bass Clarinet)<br />
Bassoon<br />
Contrabassoon (doubling Bassoon 2)<br />
2 Horns in F<br />
2 Trumpets in C<br />
Trombone<br />
Bass Trombone<br />
Timpani<br />
4 Percussion: Crotales (high octave), Glockenspiel, Xylophone,<br />
Tubular Bells, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, 4 Tom Toms, 3 Tambourines,<br />
Suspended Cymbal, Tam Tam<br />
Celesta<br />
Solo <strong>Piano</strong><br />
Strings<br />
Transposed score
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