Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

Which innovations in music can
lead to new schools of thought?
GLOBAL IMPACT OF
THE
MUSIC
GLOBAL
1 What is happening within the ensemble
2 What do you hear that makes you think this is a
11 How do schools of thought shape art? 321
‘Resting with Angels’ represents another example of the
new 21st Century school of expression.
“Resting angels may be right beside me
Resting angels may be here with me.”
www.ellamacens.com
Ella Macens (
) is a current artist
and composer in Sydney, Australia. You can listen to her
work on Soundcloud here:
https://soundcloud.com/ella-macens/resting-with-angels-forstring-quartet
The piece was originally composed for the Goldner String
Figure 11.41 Ella Macens. Photograph by Darwin Gomez.
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Quartet in conjunction with the Sydney Conservatorium of
Music’s National Women Composers’ Development Program
(2016–2017).
“‘Resting with Angels’ was inspired by the music of
MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
WHAT
musical approach can be pictured alongside
Macens’
Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks … His music is often
John Mackey’s architectural analogy. As you listen to
deeply connected to nature, and voices concern
the work, imagine the detailed planning that would
regarding the current state of humanity and the
have gone into each phrase to get it ‘sounding’ like
wider world…”
a meditation. Spend time listening to the work on
Ella Macens
Soundcloud to pick out particular sections that you can
use to answer the following:
rhythmically? Or melodically?
modern, expressive work?
Figure 11.42 ‘Resting with Angels’ theme mm16–19
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