JOURNEYS - Solo Pieces - Viola and Piano
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JOURNEYS
SOLO PIECES - VIOLA AND PIANO
Listen to ACT I (Violin version) ACT II (Cello version) ACT III (Viola version)
Intermediate/Advanced c. Grade VI-VIII
ACT I: You Only Leave Home When Home Won’t Let You Stay
ACT II: Anywhere is Safer than Here
ACT III: Unless the Miles Travelled Mean Something More than Journey
Act names taken from the poem “Home” by Warsan Shire (used by permission)
These solo pieces are a companion to JOURNEYS, a piece for string orchestra written in response to the ongoing Refugee Crisis. As with the original piece the three movements are presented as “Acts”. The first Act is about leaving, the second about travel and the third arriving. These are the solo stories that represent the millions of individuals that combine to become a “bunch of migrants”.
(David Cameron 2016).
The pieces are based on ideas developed from themes in the orchestral piece. Musically the entire piece is based on Arabic “scale”, Maqam Saba, which expresses sadness and pain and can also be related to armies and travelling from place to place. Rhythmic influences include the Syrian rhythm with eleven beats in a bar called Fajir and an improvisatory melodic style.
The latest statistics (December 2016 – World Vision) 13.5 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance, 4.8 million Syrians are refugees and 6.1 million are displaced within Syria. Half of those affected are children.
These are people just like us who have had to leave everything behind to try and keep themselves and their children safe. Profits from these pieces will help to support the work that international charities are doing to alleviate their suffering.
All pieces Copyright Alison Willis 2016
www.alisonwillis.com
SOLO PIECES - VIOLA AND PIANO
Listen to ACT I (Violin version) ACT II (Cello version) ACT III (Viola version)
Intermediate/Advanced c. Grade VI-VIII
ACT I: You Only Leave Home When Home Won’t Let You Stay
ACT II: Anywhere is Safer than Here
ACT III: Unless the Miles Travelled Mean Something More than Journey
Act names taken from the poem “Home” by Warsan Shire (used by permission)
These solo pieces are a companion to JOURNEYS, a piece for string orchestra written in response to the ongoing Refugee Crisis. As with the original piece the three movements are presented as “Acts”. The first Act is about leaving, the second about travel and the third arriving. These are the solo stories that represent the millions of individuals that combine to become a “bunch of migrants”.
(David Cameron 2016).
The pieces are based on ideas developed from themes in the orchestral piece. Musically the entire piece is based on Arabic “scale”, Maqam Saba, which expresses sadness and pain and can also be related to armies and travelling from place to place. Rhythmic influences include the Syrian rhythm with eleven beats in a bar called Fajir and an improvisatory melodic style.
The latest statistics (December 2016 – World Vision) 13.5 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance, 4.8 million Syrians are refugees and 6.1 million are displaced within Syria. Half of those affected are children.
These are people just like us who have had to leave everything behind to try and keep themselves and their children safe. Profits from these pieces will help to support the work that international charities are doing to alleviate their suffering.
All pieces Copyright Alison Willis 2016
www.alisonwillis.com