2022
Commissioned by Dame Evelyn Glennie and Land’s End Ensemble
DURATION
7 minutes
INSTRUMENTATION
Vibraphone and piano
Nostalgia (duo version):
This version of Nostalgia is for vibraphone and piano, and is an arrangement of the second movement of The Shaman: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, commissioned by Dame Evelyn Glennie. It was originally intended to be an encore to the concerto but has since become a stand-alone piece.
Nostalgia, was initially inspired by three things: a photo taken by Doug Barber of an old man looking out of a window during sunset, a painting by Luc Leestemaker titled Voyager #7 (seen above), and an accompanying poem to the painting by the same artist titled “Voyager”:
Voyager
When I was a little boy
I’d be in the street with my father
On a Saturday afternoon
He washed the car and
I played with a boat, in the river of water and soap
That gulped down the road.
By laying my head on the ground I imagined the boat being a steamer
I stepped on board and took off.
Sitting in my studio today I imagined again getting into that boat
And Float
And disappear…
– Luc Leestemaker
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