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Blue Medusa

for bassoon and ensemble
bassoon and ensemble
Edition: Performance material

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Blue Medusa was composed in 2003 for bassoon and piano. I subsequently had the idea of making a version for bassoon and small ensemble using the same instruments as for Schubert’s Octet. The work is in one movement and begins with the instruction With an energetic sting. The reason for this can be seen from the following:

Medusa: creature of the sea, beautiful in form and movement, but dangerous to the touch.

Medusa: one of the three Gorgons, her hair a crown of writhing snakes, whose gaze turned men and beasts to stone, and from whose neck sprang the winged horse Pegasus when Perseus cut off her head with a single sweep of his sword.

Blue Medusa: a creation, aquamarine, with an energetic sting; a creation, nearing the surface, winging upwards.

John Casken 2008

Orchestral Cast

cl-hn-str(1.1.1.1.1)

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Title:
Blue Medusa
for bassoon and ensemble
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
2002 (2007)
Duration:
10 ′
World Premiere:
January 25, 2008 · Manchester (UK)
The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester
John Casken Tribute Day
University of Manchester New Music Ensemble; Lorna Tyack, bassoon · Conductor: John Casken

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Technical Details

Product number:
LSL 10122-01

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Performances

Set Ascending Direction
  • Blue Medusa
    May 25, 2014 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , The Forge, Camden
    15:00
  • Blue Medusa
    March 3, 2014 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Mansfield Street
    19:00
  • Blue Medusa
    June 2, 2009 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Trinity College of Music
  • Blue Medusa
    March 12, 2009 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Royal Overseas League Hall
  • Blue Medusa
    June 19, 2008 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , St John's Church, Waterloo
    18.00 h
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