Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Duets for Storab
Duration: 12'
Herausgeber: Gerhard Braun
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
Birtwistle - Duets for Storab for 2 flutes
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Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Birtwistle: Duets for Storab for 2 flutesOrchestration: for 2 flutes
Type: Spielpartitur
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Work introduction
From
1975 to 1983 I lived in the Hebridean island of Raasay.
On the ordinance survey map the name of Storab appears three times. Loch
Storab, Storab's Burn and Storab's grave. Legend has it that Storab, a Viking
prince, was shipwrecked and sought refuge on the island. The islanders, being
hostile, chased him to the loch where he swam to the island in the middle. The
islanders, who couldn't swim (which is mainly true today) drained the loch and
chased him down the burn, killing him where he is buried. These pieces are the
last music I completed there.
Harrison
Birtwistle