Instrumentation
picc.ob.2 cl.bsn – hn.tpt.trbn – perc(2): vib/mark tree/crot/2 wdbl/ch.cym/guiro/bamboo cluster – harp – gtr – piano(=cel) – 2 vln.vla.vlc.db
Availability
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Programme Notes
Moving Trees was written to accompany a movement of a dance film by
Anne Teresa de Keersmaker entitled Counter-Phrases. The film showed
three beautiful girls moving amongst trees and leaves with the summer
sunlight casting ever-changing shadow-shapes on their bodies as they
seemed to become one with the natural world. The trees' verticality is
literally mirrored by a 'tall' pedal note in octaves, held through much
of the score.
Jonathan Harvey