Glimeren

Brendan COLBERT
Born 1956, Ballarat, Victoria

Glimeren (1991/98)

piccolo, guitar, celesta, violin, viola

glimmer (glim'-er):

v.i. to shine faintly and unsteadily; to flicker. n. a faint, unsteady light; a flicker. [M.E. glimeren].

" . . .  look to the why and where we are,
look to yourself and the stars"  . . . 
-- from Lemmings by Peter HAMMILL

Glimeren was commissioned by ELISION Ensemble for their 1991 tour to Italy, and was premiered under the direction of Sandro GORLI in Bolzano in November 1991, with a further performance at Festival SpazioMusica in Cagliari in December that same year.

Glimeren was extensively revised in 1998, recast for piccolo, guitar, celeste, violin and viola and included as the second movement of Singularity [a 40+ minute, five movement work for 12 players, the other four movements being Parallaxis, Sapiens, Erg, and Sphinx ].

Glimeren may be performed either on its own or as part of the larger work, and is approximately 8 minutes long.

Programme note © Brendan COLBERT