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For five guitars.
This piece is an impression of a Kaleidoscope – it is written in the style of a slow waltz in order to create a calm atmosphere in which we can appreciate the multitude of its wonderful sounds and colours. When I was a child, my grandfather made a kaleidoscope for me using three small pieces of mirror. I was fascinated by the countless colourful shapes and designs created by simply placing pieces of colourful sweet wrappings into my new toy.
Some composers profess that they see certain colours relative to certain notes, this relationship is often referred to as synesthesia or chromesthesia (someone experiencing colours while listening to music). Composers such as Michael Torke and Olivier Messiaen are just two who have composed works with titles such as Ecstatic Orange and Bright Blue Music while Olivier Messiaen’s – Chronochromie (Time-Colour) and Couleurs de la Cité céleste ("Colours of the Celestial City") are obvious in their titles.
This piece was written specifically for my guitar class in the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin for the End of Term Concert. The creation of a piece for several guitars presented me with the possibility of having each player playing their own distinctive parts, resulting in tight harmonies that would be utterly impossible to perform on a solo guitar.
Alan Grundy
