{"product_id":"bell-planet-for-chamber-orchestra-study-score-9798350145083","title":"Bell: Planet for Chamber Orchestra Study Score","description":"(Study Score). \"Study score for Weir's orchestral work commissioned by Britten Pears Arts for the Aldeburgh Festival 2024 where Weir was Composer in Residence. PLANET is a set of three short orchestral pieces inspired by views of our planet, and galaxy, photographed from outer space. These are: (1)\"The blue marble\"\/Apollo 17 (2)\"The pale blue dot\"\/Voyager 1 (3) Cluster NGC 6355 \/Hubble Space Telescope Musically, the three movements are primarily studies in texture and harmony. (1) explores a wide, almost- static set of chords (2) adark, thin atmosphere, briefly illuminated towards the end by shafts of sound (3) a dense collision of instrumental groups, eventually forming a rich harmonic mass. It may seem strange to have explored such a huge, cosmic subject by means of a smallish Mozart-sized orchestra. My inspiration here was a visit to the ingenious Eise Eisinga Planetarium at Franeker in the Netherlands (completed in 1781, and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.) Built in the sitting room ceiling of a modestly sized house, and operated by a clockwork-style mechanism in the loft, it accurately represents the changing positions of the earth, sun, moon and five neighbouring planets, in real time.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chester Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50928667787538,"sku":"9798350145083","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_87be44e7-d6fd-48a0-a1f5-0a6738318542.jpg?v=1739008629","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bell-planet-for-chamber-orchestra-study-score-9798350145083","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}