The Photography Of Chance (Piano Trio)
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Item Number: 21277440
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Instruments
Piano Accompaniment
Cello
Violin
Ensembles
Piano Trio
Genres
Classical
Usages
School and Community
Violin, Cello and Piano

SKU: BT.MUSCH77627

Composed by Michael Nyman. Classical. Book Only. Chester Music #MUSCH77627. Published by Chester Music (BT.MUSCH77627).

For Violin, Cello and Piano.


Composer's Notes

'Even though this work was intended to celebrate (as instructed by the commissioner, Brolly Arts of SaltLakeCity) the wildlife and landscape of Utah (and especially its birdlife, notably the sora, which has a noticeable influence on the melodic writing at times), the title refers, ironically in this 'natural' context, to there-seeing'of (mainly industrial) reality in early Soviet photography. Aleksandr Rodchenko (1881-1956) drew attention to the new type of photographer as someone who photographs 'facts' and who is able, through photography, to fightagainst'looking like art' with high quality examples, and to do this you have to experiment, going as far as the 'easelisation' of the photographic art.

The work was written for, and first performed by, the Ahn Trio inNovember2004, in Salt Lake City, and is dedicated to the memory of John Peel, the British radio disc jockey who died during the final stages of its composition.'

- Michael Nyman

  • Photography Of Chance