| Product ID | SON00000946 |
| Composer | Maurick Reuser |
| Duration | 05:10 min |
| Genre | Contemporary |
| Instrumentation | Chamber ensemble |
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Autumn Colours
| SKU | SON00000946 |
| Composer | Maurick Reuser |
| Arranger | |
| Genre | Contemporary |
| Instrumentation | Chamber ensemble |
| Free description | Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (and stopwatch). |
| Grade | 4 |
| Duration | 05:10 min |
| Year | 2021 |
Program Notes
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (and stopwatch).
Autumn Colours is a trio for clarinet, cello and piano telling an interlaced story. On the one hand, this piece is inspired by the music and life of German composer and conductor Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and on the other hand, this piece is inspired by the woodblock prints by Japanese painter Ogata Gekkou (1859-1920). Both artists are formal contemporaries who yet lived in completely different worlds. Now they finally meet in a single (musical) work of art.
In the first half of 2021, I was involved in a mini festival organized by the Chimaera Trio: Meervoudig Mahler (‘’Multiple Mahler’’). To this festival, a project was connected in which a few composers got assigned to write a work related to Mahler. While this was in the back of my mind, on 13th July I visited the Sieboldhuis in Leiden, which is an incredible museum dedicated to Japan. It held an exhibition about the Meiji Art of Ogata Gekkou. His prints made such a big impression on me that I purchased the art catalogue and took it with me on my summer travels. In the catalogue, I often revisited the 1896 print Autumn Colours at Takinogawa. This particular triptych not only inspired me to create the blueprint for a musical image as now presented in the score before you, but especially inspired me to design everything in triptych-like structures. One could say there are up to three triptychs in this work.
Read more in the introduction.
Enjoy playing Autumn Colours!
Maurick Reuser, 2 September 2021