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Sadie Harrison: Via Della Fortuna: String Orchestra
Score | Sheet Music and Books
| Composer | Sadie Harrison |
| Publisher | University Of York Music Press |
| Instrumentation | String Orchestra |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Product Format | Score |
| Description Product Type | Score |
| Style Period | Post 1901 |
| ISMN | 9790570209262 |
| No. | MUSM570209262 |
Via Della Fortuna by Sadie Harrison. Written in 2013 especially for the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra and Donatus Katkus.
6; for String Orchestra
World premiere: 25th April 2013, St. Katharine'sChurch, Vilnius, St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Donatus Katkus.
UK premiere: 10th May 2013, Cardiff Millennium Centre, Vale of Glamorgan Festival.
I - Casa di Caccia Antica (The House of the AncientHunt)
II - Casa degli Amorini Dorati (The House of the Golden Cupids)
III - Casa del poeta tragico (The House of the tragic poet)
IV - Return to the Casa di Caccia Antica and northwards to Lithuania and the Amber Road(Gintaro Kelias)
The piece is in four short movements, each taking its title from one of the houses that line the main streets in Pompeii. Borrowing Mussorgsky's 'Promenade' from Pictures at an Exhibition, the piece has twowalkers (violas) who take the listener with them onto the Via Della Fortuna, then lead them from house to house. Several amber objects were found within the houses, linking Pompeii with Lithuania. The lastmovement returns to the House of the Ancient Hunt then heads northwards along the Gintaro Kelias. The jubilant closing music refers to an earlier work (Geda's Weavings) based on Lithuanian folksongs.
