Gestural Variations [SEP] instrumentation
Gestural Variations
Gestural Variations, Op. 43, is a trio composition by Graham Waterhouse in 1997 originally for oboe, bassoon and piano. Later versions are scored for clarinet, cello and piano (1999) and flute, cello and piano (2009).
Movements.
The composition of about 14 minutes presents a theme with six character variations, framed by an introduction and a postlude. Each variation expresses a movement or gesture similar to a mime artist or a dancer.
- Introduction
- Theme
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option was taken in 1952 with the Variations on an Elizabethan Theme, a set of six variations on Sellenger's Round for string orchestra, in which each variation was written by a different composer, Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten, Arthur Oldham, Humphrey Searle, Michael Tippett, and William Walton.
Graham Waterhouse composed a trio "Gestural Variations" in 1997, and Helmut Lachenmann composed a trio "Sakura-Variationen" on the Japanese song in 2000.
A significant sub-set of the above consists of variations on