@misc{e7ad7ca4dbc64b808cf823d58d6bf1ae,
title = "...as dreams are made on: for string orchestra or 9 solo strings",
abstract = "a Rodenkirchener Kammerorchester (Cologne) and Presteigne Festival co-commission completed in December 2019. Premieres were inevitably postponed to 2021 (Presteigne) and 2022 (Cologne) ",
author = "Gary Carpenter",
note = "The title quotes from Prospero{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}Our revels now are ended{\textquoteright} speech (The Tempest - Act 4, scene 1) which is a meditation on the ephemeral nature of existence as well as Prospero{\textquoteright}s abjuring his magical powers and {\textendash} possibly - Shakespeare signing out as an author. The relevant line is: 'We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.' which is the starting point of this piece and which sets in train a gently rocking, almost lullaby-like motion succeeded by a series of descending and ascending answering motifs. The descending ideas prevail and a gradual unease begins to pervade the piece; a violent chord gives way to a disjunct violin solo which in turn leads back to the opening bars {\textendash} rounding {\textquoteleft}…as dreams are made on{\textquoteright} with a sleep. Written after the death of the former but before that of the latter, I now regard this piece as a memorial to Oliver Knussen and Simon Bainbridge, two close friends who left us far too early.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
publisher = "Wise Music Group",
edition = "Chester Music",
}