Suite: Alpe d'huez for organ

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1 Suit: Alp d'huz for organ 3 Pic Blanc Anthony Skilbck

2 Matrial for a programm not Born in Covntry (1947), Anthony Skilbck's coosing lif has bn supportd by work as a tachr, pianist, organist and choir trainr. Musical studis wr bgun during Skilbck's childhood in Bournmouth, whr his principal musical mntor was Michal Ptrson. First profssional qualifications wr obtaind whilst studying at th Royal Collg of Music and London Univrsity Institut of Education. Sinc 1977 h has rsidd in Nottinghamshir. In 2000, coosition studis with David Harold Cox and Gorg Nicholson culminatd in a Ph.D. dgr for original coosition bing awardd by Th Univrsity of Shffild. During his tim as a matur studnt, for a short priod, Skilbck also studid th intrprtation of organ music with Nicolas Kynaston. Of his coositional languag (usually atonal, but "listnr-frindly") Skilbck writs: Th pianofort music of Dbussy and works from Schonbrg's 1908 to 1912 priod hav had a particular influnc on my harmonic languag, which is not basd on and has not volvd into a txt-book schma. Only coarativly rarly dos my music find itslf in a ky, cration and rlas of tnsion in harmony and mlody holding a gratr intrst for m that th us of kys and thir rlationships. This givs ris to coositions oftn starting in on ara of harmony and nding in anothr. Justification for a languag nithr tonal nor srial was strngthnd on th discovry of Liszt's Bagatll without Tonality. Th triton, whol tons and th bittr-swt intrvals of minor and major svnths figur prominntly. Practical knowldg of contrapuntal organ works has bn signifcant, but I hav not bn drawn to ovrtly mathmatical procsss, though frquntly changing and unusual tim signaturs ar oftn loyd. Planning a structur, or ltting on volv, givs m much plasur, as dos finding that a passag of my music has an vocativ quality. Th xprssion of moods and human tramnts fascinats m. ***** From bar 1 - Looking up to th summit of Pic Blanc in th distanc. From bar 9 - Th cabin journy to th summit. From bar 26 - Th summit. From bar 34 - Amongst th clouds.

3 Throughout th movmnt, do not us pitchs abov 4', xcpt if a Tirc combination is usd in bars 57 to rd movmnt from th Suit: "Alp d'huz" - Pic Blanc Looking up to th summit in th distanc. q = 84 Duration ca. 3'30" p distant ( ) Th cabin journy to th summit. 5 L'istsso to 14 Diapason ton Anthony Skilbck sr lgato poco a poco crsc. accl. m.d. m.s. Copyright Anthony Skilbck, Octobr 2008

4 19 allargando... Add ff + rd Th summit. A to Gradually rduc all

5 34 Amongst th clouds. q = 76 Flut 8' tro 3 Th mlody is drivd from th lttrs of "L'Alp d'huz" basd on Mod 1 of th ascnding octotonic scal bginning on B. Diap. ton 8' L' A l p d' H flssibl quasi fluttuando u z Strings Th mlody is drivd from th lttrs of "L'Alp d'huz" basd on Mod 2 of th ascnding octotonic scal bginning on B. 45 L' A l p d' H u z 3

6 56 Strings (or flut) Tirc (or Diap.) Solo 8' L'istsso to mf Th mlody of bars 36 to 44, transposd down a smiton. Th mlody of bars 47 to 56, transposd down a smiton. r a l l n t a n d o (Pdal should not b prominnt) + 16'

7 Diap. ton 71 Th mlody of bars 36 to 40, transposd down a major 7th. (Mod 1). q = 76 Th mlody of bars 47 to 52, transposd down a major 7th. (Mod 2)., + 16', 82 Strings L'istsso to 8' only, or coupl to & no Pd. stops. pp pp tro Octobr 2008