Hilary Tann

LA VOIX NUE

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Arachne (soprano solo with crotale)
I. A Primer For Those Who Have Dealings with the Gods
II. Arachne’s Boast
III. Athene’s Song
IV. The Spider’s Valediction

BETWEEN SUNSETS on CD

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Between Sunsets for soprano and piano will be released on Strempel-Beaudette CD.

MUSICAL LANDSCAPES OF HILARY TANN CD

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Musical Landscapes of Hilary Tann, an all-chamber music CD will be released by Music after 1900.

ARACHNE on CD

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Arachne for soprano and crotale will be included on an upcoming with extraordinary soloist, Patricia Green.

OF ERTHE AND AIR: Susan Francher and Friends play Music of Hilary Tann

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Windhover for solo soprano saxophone
Of Erthe and Air for flute/piccolo, saxophones and percussion
Songs of the Cotton Grass for mezzo soprano and soprano saxophone
Shôji for flute and soprano saxophone
Some of the Silence for saxophone quartet
Shakkei for soprano saxophone and small orchestra

SHAKKEI (for piano & soloist)

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“Shakkei,” a term used in Japanese landscape design, means “borrowed scenery.” Two well-known examples of shakkei underlie the oboe concerto. The first movement, marked “slow and spacious”, is inspired by Mount Hiei as viewed from Shoden-ji, a temple with a dry landscape garden. The second movement, marked leggiero, is inspired by the hills of Arashiyama as viewed from Tenryu-ji, a temple with a lush stroll garden. In musical terms, the sparse landscape of the first movement is complemented by an “overgrown” second movement. In both movements the composer could not resist lightly “borrowing” from Debussy’s Nuages since the idea of borrowing was part of the identity of the piece and a cor anglais was at hand. – HT

SHAKKEI – piano transcription SCORE and solo PART

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… SLATE, BLUE-GRAY (Piano SCORE and violin/cello PARTS)

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… SLATE, BLUE-GRAY

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slate, blue-gray (opening excerpt-midi)slate, blue-gray-pgs1-5-secure… slate, blue-gray was commissioned by The Kandinsky Trio as part of a 25th
Anniversary celebration. The piece is a short “prelude” to Nothing Forgotten, an earlier piano
trio. Both titles refer to a poem by Jordan Smith (“A Lesson from the Hudson River School:
Glens Falls, New York, 1848″), “slate, blue-gray” being one of the mysterious colors of the
“speedy passage of the current through our more constant line of sight”. Hilary Tann

THE LOTUS POND

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Shakkei (transcription for oboe and piano)