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Heaven's Border - Organum Light
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Description:
- Composer - Dobrinka Tabakova
- Dobrinka Tabakova was born in the historic town of Plovdiv, Bulgaria and has lived in London since she was 11. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and holds a PhD in composition from King’s College London.
- In 2017 she was appointed composer-in-residence with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Other residencies have included Truro Cathedral, Leipzig MDR Orchestra, Davos Festival, and ‘Off the Beaten Path’ Festival in the Bulgarian Rhodopi Mountains. Recent commissions have come from St Louis Chamber Chorus, and a multi-way commission between Manchester International, Festival, Hugo Ticciati’s O/Modernt, Orquestra de Câmara de Cascais e Oeiras, and Musik i Dalarna.
- Organum Light takes its inspiration from medieval chant. It is an instrumental reworking of a choral piece titled Einstein Considered Light. Part of the work’s allure arises from the conjoining of melody and harmony. This reflects something of the radical shift in thought and appreciation brought about by organum’s progression beyond just a single line.
- From a melodic perspective, there’s a distinct sense running through Organum Light that the players are physically linked, bound together, such that when one moves, they all move, in an act of tutti traction hinged as to create a mixture of parallel and contrary motion.
Production Date:
Sunday, April 30, 2023 - 12:30
