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Rainforest tocatta - Wendy Hiscocks
Transcript of Rainforest tocatta - Wendy Hiscocks
Tonally based, using different scales and modes
Inspired by painters Turner and Lloyd Rees who explore colour and light
Piano solo with three main sections
1. Tranquil2. Light and running
toccata, a brilliant show piece with a free improvised feeling
3. Tranquil similar to first movement
Inspirations Echoing, acoustic and
atmosphere of the Devil’s Coach House at the Jenolan Caves in NSW
Sounds and scents of Australian rainforests
Bellbirds on the escarpments of NSW central coast
Impressionism Musicology Colourful use of
piano Sustain pedal to
blur sound Use of
chromaticism and modes
Use of tone clusters Use of particular
dissonant intervals to evoke an exotic setting
Use of extremes of registers
Basic rhythmic units of this music run in groups of 3 beats
Either ¾ or 3/8 Waltz meters coexist
with “out of time” groups that are sometimes beamed across bar lines