Skye Blues

Fisher, Aidan

Duration

5m 00s

Composed

1990

Instrumentation

Solo

Scoring

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Availability

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About the work

The piece is based on two Skye folk songs, “Sleep on till day”, and “Isle of mists”, which provide a framework for the music, but are never fully quoted. It is an elegy for all cultures under threat from more dominant ones.

Technical notes

The piece is quite demanding, with considerable rhythmic complexity