Firebrand
by Libby Larsen
Piccolo - Sheet Music

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Instruments
Cello
Piano
Piccolo
Violin
Genres
21st Century
20th Century
Composers
Libby Larsen
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Series
Women Composers and Arrangers
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Advanced
Usages
School and Community
Piccolo / flute, violin, cello, piano - Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193868465

Composed by Libby Larsen. Mixed Ensemble. 28 pages. Duration 4'. Oxford University Press #9780193868465. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193868465).

ISBN 9780193868465. 12 x 8 inches.

for piccolo or flute, violin, cello, and piano
Larsen states that she chose the instruments for Firebrand for their colour, combination and for their agility. However, rather than a nonstop, wildly virtuosic affair that might be suggested from the title, it is in fact quite the opposite: the piece centres on the image of a flame moving outwards towards its turbulent and flickering edges. She believes that this image also reflects what fine musicians have mastered - the ability to work from a place of centred calm in order to display astonishing virtuosity. A refrain from June Carter Cash's song 'Ring of Fire' is also interwoven throughout the piece, in homage to the famous songwriter who died whilst Larsen was composing the piece.