Taming the Tasman by Dale Vail Sheet Music for String Ensemble at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Title Taming the Tasman

Artist Dale Vail

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Dale Vail

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 74

Arrangement String Ensemble

Publisher Dale Vail

Level 5

Product ID 1459080

Genre Classical Chamber

Instruments Cello Piano Violin

Performance Group Piano Trio

Product Description

Taming the Tasman Dale Vail (2019)
Instrumentation: Violin, Cello, and Piano Trio
Commissioned by: Tasman Trio, with support from Creative New Zealand

Taming the Tasman is a vividly expressive and challenging work that narrates the emotional and physical journey of migration across the Tasman Sea. Inspired by the composers own experiences and underpinned by jazz influences, the piece uses the migration of birds between New Zealand and Australia as a poignant allegory for leaving ones homeland to start anew.

This autobiographical trio comprises three evocative movements:

Movement 1: Into the West Captures the peril and intensity of crossing the Tasman, embodying the raw uncertainty and resolve needed to face a new life.
Movement 2: Alone in a Crowd Explores the nuanced loneliness and alienation of feeling slightly out of place, balanced by moments of character and strength.
Movement 3: Broken Wing Begins with a reflective mood on the struggles and setbacks of migration, culminating in a powerful surge of determination and resilience.

Perfect for advanced chamber ensembles, Taming the Tasman offers a richly textured and emotionally charged journey through hope, despair, and renewal.

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