IRISH COOKING
Year of composition: 2015
[10th Anniversary Edition]
Commissioned by and dedicated to Adrián Silva and Flora Dopico.
Duration: 10 minutes
Scored for: two flutes (doubling piccolos), Irish ensemble, and
wind orchestra
Opus 19 — AA192025
Difficulty: Medium-Advanced
Movements:
i. Preface: Liam O'Raghallaigh
ii. Jigs: The Kesh — Morrison's Jig — The Girl of the House
iii. Reels: Cooley's Reel — Drowsy Maggie — The Stone in the Field
iv. Epilogue
Premiere:
First performance was given by Adrián Silva and Flora Dopico with the A Coruña Municipal Wind Orchestra, conducted by José Luís Represas, at the Palace of the Opera, A Coruña, Spain, March 22, 2015.
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Irish Cooking
Adrián Silva & Flora Dopico with the A Coruña Wind Orchestra [World Premiere]
Conductor | José Luís Represas
About the Music
Commissioned by and dedicated to Adrián Silva and Flora Dopico. First performance was given by Adrián Silva and Flora Dopico with the A Coruña Municipal Wind Orchestra, conducted by José Luís Represas, at the Palace of the Opera, A Coruña, Spain, March 22, 2015.
Irish Cooking is scored for wind orchestra, an Irish ensemble, and two soloists. It is a rhapsody based on Irish folk songs, where its structure is divided in two contrasted central blocks: 'jigs' and 'reels'.
The 'jig' is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It first gained popularity in 16th-century Ireland and parts of Great Britain and was quickly adopted on mainland Europe where it eventually became the final movement of the Baroque suite (known as the French gigue; Italian and/or Spanish giga). Today, it is most associated with Irish dance music, Scottish country dance, and the Métis people in Canada. In this block, we will listen to the following set of 'jigs':
The Kesh.
Morrison's Jig.
The Girl of the House.
The 'reel' is also a type of folk dance and accompanying dance tune, originating from Scotland. Reels are an important part of the fiddle traditions in the British Isles and North America. They have a consistent structure, consisting mostly of quaver (eighth note) movement with an accent on the first and third beats of the bar. Reels are distinguished from hornpipes in two ways: firstly, they are played with even beats and without an implied dotted rhythm; secondly, they are played at twice the speed, as implied by the 2/2 time signature. In this block, we will be listening to the set of 'reels' listed below:
Cooley's Reel.
Drowsy Maggie.
The Stone in the Field.
In addition to these two central blocks, there is a prologue, developed from a free interpretation of the traditional Irish 'slip-jig', Liam O'Raghallaigh; and an epilogue, free from any folkloric or Irish connotations, seeking a sort of pure musical energy that can only be produced by the modern wind orchestra. The title is a semantic parallel between the use of Irish folk tunes as "ingredients" and their subsequent development as the way they are "cooked".
Obra encargada y dedicada a Adrián Silva y Flora Dopico. El estreno fue llevado a cabo por Adrián Silva y Flora Dopico junto a la Banda Municipal de A Coruña, bajo la dirección de José Luís Represas en el Palacio de la Ópera, A Coruña, España, el 22 de marzo del 2015.
Irish Cooking (Cocina Irlandesa) está escrita para un orgánico de orquesta de viento, ensemble irlandés y dos flautas solistas (doblando a flautines). Se confecciona bajo la forma de una rapsodia folclórica irlandesa, donde su estructura interna está dividida en dos bloques centrales contrastados: 'jigs' y 'reels'.
El "jig" es un tipo de danza folclórica animada escrito en compás compuesto, al igual que la melodía que acompaña a la danza homónima. Se popularizó por vez primera en Irlanda y partes de Gran Bretaña en el siglo XVI, y fue posteriormente adoptada rápidamente en la Europa continental, donde acabó convirtiéndose en el movimiento final de la suite barroca (la gigue francesa; la giga italiana y/o española). Hoy en día se asocia sobre todo con la música de baile irlandesa, la danza country escocesa y con el pueblo mestizo de Canadá. En este bloque vamos a escuchar el siguiente set de 'jigs':
The Kesh (El 'Kesh’).
Morrison's Jig (El ‘jig’ de Morrison).
The Girl of the House (La Chica de la Casa).
El "reel" es también un tipo de baile folclórico, así como la melodía que acompaña a la danza homónima. De origen escocés, los reels son también una parte importante del repertorio de las tradiciones ‘violinísticas’ de las Islas Británicas y Norteamérica. Todos los reels tienen la misma estructura, comprimida en gran parte por un movimiento continuo de corcheas en compás binario, con acentos en el primer y tercer tiempo del compás. En este bloque vamos a escuchar el siguiente set de 'reels':
Cooley's Reel (El ‘reel’ de Cooley).
Drowsy Maggie (La Somnolienta Maggie).
The Stone in the Field (La piedra en el Campo).
Sumado a los dos bloques centrales, la estructura formal incluye también un prólogo, desarrollado sobre una interpretación libre del tradicional 'slip-jig' irlandés, Liam O'Raghallaigh; y un epílogo, libre de cualquier connotación folclórica o irlandesa, catalizando así una especie de ‘energía musical pura’ que tan sólo la orquesta de viento moderna podría producir. El título es un paralelismo semántico entre el uso de melodías folclóricas irlandesas como "ingredientes" y su posterior desarrollo como la forma en que “son cocinadas”.