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Gregson, Edward Aztec Dances
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Aztec Dances was commissioned by Christopher Orton, with the assistance of the BBC Performing Arts Fund. The first performance was given by Christopher Orton (recorder) and Magdalena Nasidlak (piano) at a concert in the Manchester Midday Concerts series at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, in March 2010 The version for flute and piano was premiered by Wissam Boustany (flute) and Aleksander Szram (piano) at St James’s Church, Piccadilly, on Thursday 19 May 2011 Duration: 17 minutes
Composer’s Note The idea for the genesis of this work, and indeed its title and individual movements, came after visiting an exhibition at the British Museum entitled Moctezuma –Aztec Ruler. The exhibition traced the events following the election in 1502 of Moctezuma as Supreme Ruler of the Aztecs, and the subsequent invasion of 1519 by a Spanish expedition led by Hermán Cortés – an event that was to eventually lead to the demise of the Aztec civilisation. Part of the exhibition explored the role that music and dance played in Aztec life. The primitive recorder together with trumpets and drums, were used as an important part of the formal ritual ceremonies (including, rather gruesomely, human sacrifice) that took place to appease the many Gods which the Aztecs worshipped, as well as for other, more informal, occasions in their social and cultural life. I have tried to reflect some of these highly contrasting and dramatic ideas in this four movement work. Edward Gregson
For Christopher Orton
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1. RITUAL / PASTORALE Dramatically, with a sense of improvisation ( = 70)
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3. GHOST SONG Tempo (with an air of suspense)
Senza Tempo LUNGA
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208
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PIANO LID ON FULL STICK
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speak in loud whisper!
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(quieter and twice as slowly)
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TEZ - CAT - LI - PO - CA
was the Aztec "Creator God", the master of destiny; *Tezcatlipoca to be worshipped, and for sacrifices to be made in his honour.
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Always moving ( = 70)
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(move to normal position)
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in a singing style (with vibrato)
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5 5 5 :
5 5 5 5 5 :
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5 5
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5 5
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4. SACRIFICIAL DANCE 291
= 132
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304
0
JJ
0
cresc.
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dim.
300
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stacc. e marc.
295
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cresc.
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cresc.
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5 M
5 M
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cresc.
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cresc.
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5 5 5 5 5 5 5 E5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 E5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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G
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G
cresc.
poco a poco cresc.
5 5
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5 M
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5 M
5 M
rit.
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( JJ )
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4
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