{"product_id":"causton-as-kingfishers-catch-fire-oup","title":"Causton: As Kingfishers Catch Fire","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/richard-causton\"\u003eRichard Causton (1971-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eClarinet, Flute, String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello), Harp\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: As Kingfishers Catch Fire (2007)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9780193360587\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.5\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e13.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 33\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Kingfishers Catch Fire was composed in London during the summer and autumn of 2007 and takes its title from some lines by Gerard Manley Hopkins:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies dráw fláme;\nAs tumbled over rim in roundy wells\nStones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's\nBow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;\nEach mortal thing does one thing and the same:\nDeals out that being indoors each one dwells;\nSelves—goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,\nCrying Whát I do is me: for that I came.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike the animals in the poem, I wanted to allow the instruments in my piece to be unashamedly themselves, and this conditioned the musical material: open fifths in the strings, long cantilenas in the wind, and a certain grandiosity in the writing for harp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece opens with a sort of speeded-up Renaissance counterpoint for string quartet – perfect intervals and a resonant setting – and proceeds through several contrasting but linked episodes: a vertiginous solo for harp; a ‘shadow boxing' passage for harp and string quartet; distorted folk music which gives rise to fireworks in the clarinet part; frantic, strummed pizzicato; a slowly unfolding melody in the wind over string tremolos, which leads via a reprise back to a transformed, now subdued version of the opening string quartet.\nIn the closing section all seven instruments, now united, cross a threshold into a slightly different world from which their previous music can still be glimpsed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© Richard Causton\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42534614138959,"sku":"9780193360587","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/d33726e715470d99ff7aa481dc2011a6.jpg?v=1749583529","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/causton-as-kingfishers-catch-fire-oup","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}