TROIS PIECES D’HOMMAGE
by Luís Carvalho (1974 - )
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TROIS PIÈCES D’HOMMAGE
for duet:
Alto-flute and Piano, or
Oboe d’amore and Piano, or
A-Clarinet and Piano, or
Soprano-saxophone and Piano
I - ROMANCE ... d'hommage à Copland
II - ELEGIE ... d'hommage à Lutoslawski
III - LIED ... d'hommage à Schumann
Trois Pièces d’Hommage are actually three small études on specific sonorities. In fact the first title was “3 Studies of Sonority”, but as the process of composition evolved the influence of specific composers on each of the pieces became evermore obvious to the point that I decided those influences should be reflected in the titles of every one of the movements. Each one of this reflects also my acknowledgement of the mentioned composers and some particularity in their oeuvre: the first, for instance, takes as it’s germ a single moment of dissonance in Copland’s “Clarinet Concerto” initial movement; the second the incredible polyrhythms and sometimes harsh polytonality of Lutoslawski’s «Dance Preludes»; and the last, again one particular moment in the beginning of Schumann’s initial lieder from «Dichterliebe» cycle, where to the note sung by the voice the piano answers with a completely diverse harmony. An additional sound particularity of these pieces is the use of less common instruments as recitalists alternatives (Alto flute, Oboe d’amore, A-Clarinet or Soprano saxophone), this way giving even more sense to the “sonority studies” idea that ruled the initial plan for this small cycle.
Luís Carvalho
Trois Pièces d’Hommage first incomplete performance (only Romance and Elegie) happened on October 1, 1997, by Luís Carvalho on the clarinet and Rui Pinheiro on the piano; the premiere of its final complete version was on November 1, 2000, at the Oporto Conservatory of Music, also by the author and Marian Pivka on the piano.
[dur. approx. 11 min.]