A Leaf from the Book of Cities

David Young, 2006
for clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, tuba, pianoforte & percussion
Commissioned by the Ives Ensemble, Amsterdam
with the support of Arts Victoria

Commissioned by the Ives Ensemble, these two movements each take their title from Paul Klee paintings held in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel. Klee's titles are among the strangest and most intriguing acts of naming in twentieth-century art. I have always held this piece precious and it is my small homage to Klee and his work.

I. A Leaf from the Book of Cities — after Ein Blatt aus dem Städtebuch, 1928
II. Cooling in a Garden of the Torrid Zone — after ARA "Kühlung in einem Garten der heissen Zone", 1924

Duration: circa 8 minutes.

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The source paintings

Paul Klee, Ein Blatt aus dem Städtebuch, 1928, and ARA "Kühlung in einem Garten der heissen Zone", 1924.
Both: tempera, oil and watercolour on paper. Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel.

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Rehearsal recording

Ives Ensemble, rehearsal recording, Stuttgart 2006. Both movements. — Archive.org

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Score

Download score (PDF)

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Performance history

World premiere — ISCM World New Music Days, Stuttgart 17 July 2006
Ives Ensemble (Amsterdam)

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Further reading

Programme ISCM World New Music Days, Stuttgart, 2006 — festival programme (PDF) Ensemble Ives Ensemble — Amsterdam Catalogue David Young — Australian Music Centre

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Credits

Composer David Young
Performed by Ives Ensemble, Amsterdam
Commissioned by Ives Ensemble
Supported by Arts Victoria

Acknowledgements
Richard Rijnvos and John Snijders; Margaret Cameron and Michael Hutchison;
John Davis and the Australian Music Centre; Rosemary Joy and all the Aphids; Cynthia Troup.

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