Grounds for Action

Grounds For Action (1991)

for chamber orchestra

2 fl; 2 ob; 2 cl; 2 bsn
2 hn; 2 tpt
timpani
strings

Duration: 6 minutes

Grounds For Action is a set of grounds, or passacaglias, first conceived in the 80s
as a ‘systems’ work with overlapping Baroque lines.

The original score was commissioned by Moving Being Theatre Company in 1988 for In Düsseldorf and Nebraska, a mixed media performance in memory of the German artist Joseph Beuys.

During the performance, the music accompanied the actions of three artists/technicians who intermittently manipulated the performance space to create new spatial structures.

Joseph Beuys (1921 – 1986)

The orchestral version was first performed by the Welsh College of Music and Drama Chamber Orchestra at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff on 15 November 1991.

Score

grounds-for-action-orch-v4Download

Orchestral parts

Orchestral parts available at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

and from Ty Cerdd – Music Centre Wales

Draft audio

Performances

15.11.91CARDIFFSherman TheatreWCMD Chamber Orchestra
16.11.91CARDIFFSherman TheatreWCMD Chamber Orchestra

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In Düsseldorf and Nebraska (1988)

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Grounds For Action (1990)

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