Inglis: dream study sequence
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Shipping Policy- Composer: Brian Inglis
- Instrumentation: Guitar
- Work: dream study sequence (2025)
Description
This is an experimental piece for solo acoustic or electric guitar. It is aimed at classical players who admire works like Berio's guitar Sequenza (reflected in the title) or John Tavener's Chant; experimental musicians from popular music backgrounds interested in, for instance, the Book of Heads études of John Zorn or the symphonies of Glen Branca; and anyone in between.
In accordance with its experimental genre-hopping there is a varied notational strategy, utilising guitar TAB, common practice notation, and hybrids.
The structure consists of an introduction; a series of micro-studies for single strings culminating in one for all the strings; a bridge passage whose character lies somewhere between Ligeti and rock riffage; and a final lyrical ‘dream' based on a tune suggested by a school friend of mine, Miriam Silverman. Glimpses of this dream appear in some of the studies before the full melody is revealed. The composition has a long history, being conceived, named and sketched while I was a student in the 1990s, before being finalised between 2023 and 2025.
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Inglis: dream study sequence
