Strange Luminescence is an 18’ work for solo piano and chamber orchestra, commissioned and written especially for the Glenn Gould Music School New Music Ensemble and their distinguished graduate, pianist Claudia Chan (winner of 2010 Eckhardt-Gramatte...
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Strange Luminescence is an 18’ work for solo piano and chamber orchestra, commissioned and written especially for the Glenn Gould Music School New Music Ensemble and their distinguished graduate, pianist Claudia Chan (winner of 2010 Eckhardt-Gramatte National Piano Competition), through the support of Ontario Arts Council.
Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s famous painting “Starry Night”, this evocative composition is a psychedelic depiction of the images in the painting and beyond.
The title “Strange Luminescence” is identified with a prominent piano figure which symbolizes the central entity of an infinite glow through darkness, casting different reflections or influences on its surroundings. The woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion represent the broad bands of shadowy colors of a distorted nature, reacting to the moon’s struck. Both soloist and accompanying ensemble play equal partners engaging intense musical dialogues, fusing and unraveling of contrasting textures and instrume
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