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for the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s 2009 production E=mc 2 , commissioned and choreographed for them by their Artistic Director David Bintley. The production won the prestigious South Bank Show Award for Dance in 2010. Bintley subsequently commissioned Hindson to write a second orchestral ballet, resulting in Faster, which was premiered by the BRB to much acclaim in 2012. From 2004 to 2010 Hindson was the artistic director of the Aurora Festival, which is dedicated to the work of living composers. Hindson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2006, for “service to the arts as a leading Australian composer and teacher of music, and through the wide promotion of musical works to new audiences”. Latest information about the composer may be found at www.hindson.com.au. Mechanically Speaking (2001) Mechanically Speaking As the title suggests, this piece is to speak like a machine. There is a job to be done and the mechanism is precise and relentless in carrying it out. The drama and energy of the music relies on the rhythmic writing and in the rapid changes of register. Every detail of the contrasting dynamics and articulation must be adhered to by the performer in order for the machine to seem to function as its designer intended. Note the ‘cluster’ notation in the left hand beginning at m.135 – this indicates an unspecified chromatic or diatonic cluster in the lowest register of the keyboard, which should be played with the palm. The composer writes: Mechanically Speaking was composed with an image of interlocking pieces of machinery in mind – I imagined an industrial workplace with gears cranking and cogs turning. The opening of the work, particularly, sets this mood although there are many twists and turns throughout the piece. There is one particular motive that returns throughout the composition in many different guises. The work is dedicated to the memory of Emeritus Professor Peter Platt. Mechanically Speaking was originally published in Firestarters 2 (PE069), a volume of seven new recital pieces for piano aimed at younger players, published by Promethean Editions. PE046 – iv
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