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Turning Point

Matthews, Colin(By (composer))
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Colin Matthews's Turning Point (2006) represents a bold stylistic breakthrough for its composer.

Out of a whirring, motoric scherzo comes a jolting sea change: an austere, glacial string chorale of searing intensity that, with gritty resilience, gradually comes to overwhelm everything else. Commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, this 25-minute journey from complex momentum to expressive simplicity displays all the ingenious craft we have come to expect from Matthews, together with a new-found emotional directness.

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Product Details
Faber Music Ltd
0571539440 / 9780571539444
Sheet music
784.2
10/02/2016
United Kingdom
96 pages
245 x 345 mm, 427 grams
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