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Kammerklang Chamber Orchestra, Hoshimi Sakai - The Moon (Peggy Polias)

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This work explores the phases of the Moon in nine tiny movements, one for each of the cyclic phases and an added final movement:

New Moon: when the stars shine bright
Crescent Moon I: peeking through an eyelid
First Quarter: when the skytide ebbs
Gibbous Moon I: “coiling, emerging”
Full Moon: when the eyes shine bright
Gibbous Moon II: recoiling
Third Quarter: when the skytide flows
Crescent Moon II: eyes are drooping
No Moon: eyes are closed

A nocturnal mood envelopes the entire work, but this is often combined with a playful childlike or naive character. Rather than shape a conflict-and- resolution musical path, ideas just start and stop in a riddle-ish or enigmatic fashion. The cyclic and circular nature of the month and Moon is a main inspiration here, with repetitive processes occurring in most of the movements. There is also very simple use of fractals, and much interlocking of parts, both of which are inspired structurally by the composer’s experience learning Javanese gamelan music.

The Moon was joint winning composition in the 2007 Women’s Composer Award of the Fellowship of Australian Composers and University of Sydney. It is happily being premiered at Kammerklang.

Composer Bio: Peggy Polias (b.1981)
Website: peggypolias.com

Peggy Polias is a composer, music copyist and arts administrator based in Sydney. Peggy prepares music scores, instrumental parts and other print music materials for some of Australia’s leading composers, as well as working part time as the Australian Music Centre. In 2010 she graduated with a Master of Music (Composition), supervised by Professor Anne Boyd at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Peggy used the Matryoshka (Russian nested doll) metaphor to frame discussion and comparison of her Master’s compositions.

One such work was The Moon (2007) for 11 instruments, joint winner of the 2007 Fellowship of Australian Composers/University of Sydney Women’s Composer Award. The Moon was premiered at the 2009 Kammerklang concert at the Sydney Conservatorium. Peggy attended the AYO National Music Camp in 2010 and has also had works performed by Chronology Arts, and at the Canberra International Music Festival.

In 2011 Peggy participated in the Halcyon First Stones project and the Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra Composer Workshops. Peggy played Javanese gamelan music for a number of years with the Langen Suka Sydney Gamelan Association. This has been a significant influence on her music, along with aspects of minimalism, feminism, and handicrafts.

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from Kammerklang: Alpha, released January 29, 2013
Composer: Peggy Polias
Sound Engineer: Jayson McBride
Conductor: Hoshimi Sakai

Recorded for Kammerklang 2009

KAMMERKLANG CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (2009-2010):

Flutes: Shaun Barlow, Owen Salome
Oboes: Toby Thatcher, Matt Bubb
Clarinets: Toby Armstrong, Peter Smith
Saxophones: Nathan Henshaw, Paul Zaborac
Bassoons: Jakab Kaufmann, Cameron Burnes
Horns: Seb Dunn, Kartini Suharto-Martin, Cindy Sims

Percussion: Daniel Luscombe, Morgan Merrell
Piano: Jacob Abela, Jack Symonds, Vatche Jambazian
Keyboard: Amy Bastow
Harp: Genevieve Lang, Verna Lee, Claire McDonogh, Maryanne Tucker

Violins: Justin Leong, Colin Tripolone, Carol Tang, Adam Wasiel, Davide Quincey, Ben Adler, Victor Wu, Liz Stanton, Klara Morrison, Michelle Blewett, Ting Lee
Violas: Tara Hashambhoy, John Faye, Luke Spicer, Dominic Meagher, James Wannan
Cellos: Julienne Guerbois, Emma Trevena, Anthony Albrecht, Lucy Price
Double Basses: James Menzies, Steven Adler, Elsen Price, Brigitte Wirfler, Brian Sim

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Kammerklang (German for “Chamber sound”) is an Australian arts company specialising in the collaboration of music and other artforms, focusing on the fusion of sound and the “chamber” or space it’s performed in. The aim of Kammerklang is to present and promote new artistic creation that is inquisitive, detailed and accessible while still fostering exploration and communication between the arts. ... more

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