Bells of Beyond is a piano trio, composed in 2013 by Graham Waterhouse.
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| Year | 2013 |
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The work was composed in 2013. It is dedicated to the memory of the Welsh pianist and composer Dafydd Llywelyn who was a teacher of the composer and died in the spring of 2013 in Munich. [1]
The composition was inspired by bells. It is in three sections: slow – fast – slow. It opens with chords in the piano reminiscent of bells, a motif repeated throughout the piece. The first part is dominated by a chaconne on a theme of eight measures. The middle section is a virtuoso "argument" between the piano and the strings. The third section is introduced by a recalling the initial bells. It features a series of parallel chords, and ends with the bells.[1]
The trio was first performed at the Gasteig in Munich on 27 October 2013, played by the violinist Yury Revich, the pianist Valentina Babor, and the composer.[2] The work was played at the festival Beethovenfest in Bonn on 2 October 2016, along with Beethoven's Piano Trio, Op. 1/3 in C minor and Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 in the same key,[3] music by three composers who venerate Shakespeare.[4]
Bells of Beyond is part of a CD Skylla und Charybdis of the composer's works for piano and strings. It was released in 2020 by Farao Classics, and introduced by a concert at the Munich Gasteig on 6 March 2021.[5][6] A reviewer of Das Orchester noted that the work is derived from bell-like piano sounds, developing to soft and quiet pulses of the strings, and arriving in different music situations "verschiedene musikalische Situationen".[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bells of Beyond". Graham Waterhouse. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Kammerkonzert Matinee". Gasteig. 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Bells of Beyond' for violin, cello and piano (2013)". Beethovenfest. 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Klaviertrio Hannover / Shakespeare zu Ehren" (in German). Festival Gegen den Strom. 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Skylla und Charybdis". Farao Classics. 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ ""Skylla und Charybdis" / Kammermusik von Graham Waterhouse und Ludwig van Beethoven". Gasteig. March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Drees, Stefan (May 2021). "Graham Waterhouse / Skylla und Charybdis – Kammermusik". Das Orchester (in German): 91. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
External links
edit- Graham Waterhouse website
- Das Verdandi-Trio spielt: Graham Waterhouse: Bells of Beyond on YouTube
- Graham Waterhouse: Skylla und Charybdis (2021) on YouTube