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- Donnacha Dennehy
Turn (2014)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
- asx, mba, egtr, pf, va, vc, db
- 9 min
Programme Note
Commissioned by Contact Contemporary Music, with funding provided by the Arts Council of Ireland.
This intricate, detailed piece is one of the most overtly melodic of my purely instrumental works in years. Gently lunging melodies combine to produce a bustling tapestry of sound. Turn literally turns over its phrases, varying upon each repetition. Once I decided to dedicate this piece to my mother, an inveterate knitter, it struck me: that’s exactly what a turn is in knitting, a reworking on top of an already established stitched pattern!
On a larger level Turn pushes towards build-ups that end each time with literally a turn in direction. This in a major way constitutes the modus operandi of the piece.
— Donnacha Dennehy
This intricate, detailed piece is one of the most overtly melodic of my purely instrumental works in years. Gently lunging melodies combine to produce a bustling tapestry of sound. Turn literally turns over its phrases, varying upon each repetition. Once I decided to dedicate this piece to my mother, an inveterate knitter, it struck me: that’s exactly what a turn is in knitting, a reworking on top of an already established stitched pattern!
On a larger level Turn pushes towards build-ups that end each time with literally a turn in direction. This in a major way constitutes the modus operandi of the piece.
— Donnacha Dennehy