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Talisker (score & parts) - 2OB/EH

Composer: Aitken, Elizabeth

Publisher: Phylloscopus Publications (England)

Edition: 65361

$15.00

Talisker
Where Sea Meets Skye
for two oboes and English horn
by Elizabeth Aitken (b. 1949) - English composer

 

A four minute evocation of the west coast of Skye: A figure appears on Talisker Beach and gazes around. Instinctively he hears the melody of the sea. For a few moments he watches the waves- slow and deliberate ones, the little pushy ones, and a giant that rumbles up the sand, threatening his toes. Then comes a wave which seems to dribble on for ever, at which point it starts raining. 

Making his way slowly off the beach he takes a last look round and turns his back on Talisker- which in repsonse calls after him, spelling out its name in Morse code. 

12/1/2023 - This piece is no longer available because the publisher has gone out of business.  We have sold our last copy.