Secret of the Seven Stars (study score)
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Composed by Hope Lee. Orchestral music. Sound Research of Women Composers: Contemporary Music C 206. Contemporary. Study score. Duration 19'00. Furore Verlag #FUE 25882. Published by Furore Verlag (FV.FUE-25882).ISBN 979-0-50012-424-5.
The other standout piece on this program, for me, was Hope Lee's Secret of the Seven Stars, a new commissioned work for small string orchestra, accordion (Joseph Macerollo) and solo percussion
(Ryan Scott). This ambitious work had a persistently high centre of gravity - no surprise, perhaps, given the title. It sifted its opening tutti chords till only the highest notes remained, testing them as a
position of repose and also of sustained tension. It was as if Lee were measuring the melodic value of the bright upper tones we hear but don't perceive in every instrumental note, while giving this analytic
process an emotional urgency. Lee's distinctive scoring was beautifully transparent, even when thick with independent parts. This clarity, with the silvery upper tones that dominated the piece, gave the
music a magical glow from start to finish. The final sound was a gleaming accord with percussion that took a long time to fade away completely. I would have been game to hear the piece again immediately,
especially with the fine attention paid by conductor Robert Aitken and the 15 members of his ensemble. Robert Everett-Green / The Globe and Mail, 2011
World premiere - 25 September 2011, New Music Concerts, conductor: Robert Aitken. Joseph Macerollo, accordion, Ryan Scott, percussion.