Glimpse
Instrumentation:
Two pianos
Year composed:
2021
Duration:
6:00
Commissioned by:
The Australian Music Centre and the Sydney Conservatorium for the Viney-Grinberg Piano Duo, as part of the MOMENTUM III - Sue W COVID-19 Special Commissions. These commissions were generously sponsored by Mrs Sue Willgoss and Associate Professor Richard Willgoss.
Premiere:
25 March 2021.
Program Note:
Glimpse takes inspiration from a scene described in Zadie Smith’s collection of
essays, Intimations. In Smith's musings, written during the early months of the COVID-19 lockdown, she recounts time spent observing a tulip amid a relentless cityscape. On reflection, she describes this moment as a glimpse or preview of the sudden slowing of the pace of life during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Glimpse reflects this transition from motion to stillness, with the slower pace revealing thoughts and ideas that were always present, but previously concealed beneath the constant activity.
