THE MAGIC ISLAND
for orchestra 2012
Sydney, NSW
Full Score
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2 Flutes (2nd doubling piccolo)
Instrumentation
2 Oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais)
2 Clarinets in B-flat
2 Bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon)
4 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in C
2 Trombones
Timpani
2 Percussion: Vibraphone Crotales Marimba
Glockenspiel
Suspended cymbal
Ride cymbal
Harp
Strings
Score in C
duration circa 4’30”
The Magic Island is a short orchestral work inspired by Dr Catherine Crock and her team at The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. It was written especially for the Hush Music Foundation’s CD of the same title in a project designed to provide a positive environment for children recovering in hospital. The Magic Island imagines a place beyond the walls of a hospital ward – an Island of hope, playfulness and optimism.
The Magic Island was premiered by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ben Northey, in December 2013. It is recorded on Hush vol. 13 and 14.
Live performances of this work are intended to reflect its original context – ie a work for children or with a therapeutic purpose in mind.
Paul Stanhope
If this work is to be performed publicly as a live concert, permission must be secured from the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Locked Bag 5000 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
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to Dr Cath Crock
THE MAGIC ISLAND
for orchestra