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Shades of the Alhambra

for clarinet, cello & piano

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Shades of the Alhambra is a musical journey back in time to the world of the supernatural embodied in Moorish legends: great armies gather on the Eve of St. John, a princesses’ harp casts a sleeping spell, beautiful spirits arise from a fountain at the strike of midnight and a candle commands the power to move a massive stone.

INSTRUMENTATION
clarinet, cello & piano

DURATION
25:18

Eve of St. John 5:34
Zorahayda 3:06
The Taper 4:24
Lullaby of the Gothic Princess 4:14
Boabdil 8:00

DATE OF COMPOSITION
2002-3

PERFORMANCES
3 August 2010 (World Premiere)
Michael Collins clarinet, Louise Hopkins cello, Kristian Chong piano
Jupiters Townsville Grand Ballroom at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. 

25 February 2015 Broadcast on WFCF, Flager College Radio, USA. 

RECORDINGS Symposium Chamber Music CD
Sarah Thurlow clarinet, Brian Mullan cello, Wendy Hiscocks piano

Washington Irving’s original book

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evoking of spatial vistas…an atmospheric whole
Gramophone

Wonderfully imaginative with intimate writing contrasting solo and contrapuntal lines with exotic sounding textures
Stringendo: Journal of the Australian Strings Association

Hiscocks’ compositional style is individual, dramatically reflective of texts and title…  definitely recommended listening for those seeking contemporary works which are fresh and attractive.
Darryl Coote. Victorian Music Teacher’s Journal. (2012 review of Symposium CD)

 

Wendy ABC interview mid-concert live at AFCM 2010 with John Crawford and Damien Beaumont