Isolde's Garden
Pamela J. Marshall
About this work:
Inspired by the Arthurian story of Tristan and Isolde, Isolde's Garden is a peaceful and gentle reminiscence of times past. Imagine Isolde at peace, somewhat melancholy but reconciled to love lost, on a warm summer day in Cornwall. A richly harmonized melody emerges gradually in fragments. A hummable tune, but not a song, strong images of poignant memories, perhaps not reconciled after all. Inspired by recent novels of Guenevere and Isolde and the rest (rather than Wagner, where Isolde dies an early death).
Paired with the quartet Cornwall Hunt.
Available from Spindrift Music Company (www.spindrift.com)
Year composed: 1995
Duration: 00:02:30
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 4 Horn in F