The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc
Julius EastmanPiece Duration: 20:00
About this Piece
Score: https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/holy_presence_joan_arc_57880
Listening excerpts:
The video begins at 14:00 (20:00' example)
-Alternatively, start at 22:14 (9:00’ Example)
-Alternatively, start at 28:35 (5:00’ Example, featuring keywords Largo, Contrast, Tempo)
Ostinato: The ostinato introduced at the start of the piece (14:14) is played a perfect 5th higher at 14:30 (Score page 2), and passed between the 10 cellos in various ways throughout the first six minutes of the piece. Notated here, as well as in the score above. Flip through the pages of the score, can you spot the ostinato?
Notable Passages
Time Stamp:
15:05
— 15:45
Description: The first cello player plays a new melodic figure, and then one by one, the second and third cello players enter with similar melodic material. Can you hear it?
Keywords: Imitation - Melody
Description: The first cello player plays a new melodic figure, and then one by one, the second and third cello players enter with similar melodic material. Can you hear it?
Keywords: Imitation - Melody
Time Stamp:
15:45
— 16:20
Description: The third cello player introduces another melody, which is imitated by the fourth cello player at 16:05
Keywords: Imitation - Melody
Description: The third cello player introduces another melody, which is imitated by the fourth cello player at 16:05
Keywords: Imitation - Melody