Duration
15'
Publisher
Instrumentation Notes
Fl., Cl / B-cl., Pn., Perc., Vln., Vc.
Program Notes
[This score was previously self-published by Earle Brown. It is available as facsimile print from Edition Peters as of 2007.]
The title comes from the closeness of instrumentation and my admiration for the instrumental writing in Arnold Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire.” I do not refer to the angst or “moon-madness.” The conducting is basically one of cueing entrances, exits, changes of tempi and dynamics, etc. as in many of my previous “open-form” works for ensembles and orchestras. This is basically a “closed form piece with ‘open’ interior structures.” All of the instrumental music is composed by myself and notated and scored in a “mobile” context.
The “poetics” of this performance (never to be repeated and unique to this time and place) reflect the special talents, sensitivity and musicality of the conductor.
There is a chord progression on page 6 of the score which is a kind of “homage” to Olivier Messiaen, and the very first and very last pages are a remembrance of Morton Feldman.
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Percussion: Marimba, Vibraphone
Audio Samples
Tracking Pierrot
Selected Performances
April 14, 2016 • New York City
performed by Curiosity Cabinet
September 16, 2012 • Heidenheim, a.d. Brenz, Germany
Ensemble: Ensemble Audite NovaConductor: Manuel Nawri
September 17, 2001 • Bremen
Ensemble: musikFabrikConductor: Earle Brown
February 8, 2001 • University of Arizona
Ensemble: Arizona Contemporary Ensemble
Conductor: Daniel Asia, Earle Brown (guest composer)
May 22, 2000 • Alice Tully Hall, New York City, USA
Ensemble: The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Conductor: Petr Kotik
May 3, 1996 • Bremen
Ensemble: Ensemble Avantgarde LeipzigConductor: Steffen Schleiermacher
January 15, 1995 • Leipzig
Conductor: Earle Brown
October 9, 1993 • Miller Theatre, Columbia University
Conductor: Earle BrownSoloist: Laura Gilbert, flute; Allen Blustine, clarinet; Mark Steinberg, violin; Fred Sherry, cello; Christopher Oldfather, piano; James Baker, percussion
February 26, 1993 • Tsai Performance Center at Boston University
Ensemble: Boston Musica VivaConductor: Richard PittmanBoston premiere
January 15, 1993 • LA County Museum
California EAR Unit, conducted by Earle Brown
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Recordings
Tracking Pierrot (released 2012-11-30)
Testklang
Performed by Ensemble 29,46° S, 62,7° O , Manuel Nawri
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Testklang
Chamber Music (released 2003)
Matchless Recordings UK
Performed by Various
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Forced Exposure
Discogs
Centering: The Music of Earle Brown (released 1998)
Newport Classic
Performed by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
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New Port Classic
Synergy (released 1995)
Hat Hut Records
Performed by Ensemble Avantgarde Leipzig
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