'…a quietly powerful, melancholy and reflective work of great beauty' Canberra City News

Instrumentation

pno - vln.vlc

Availability

Score and parts on special sale from the Hire Library, and also as a digital download

Programme Notes

I was contemplating what sort of life a young person would have in 1915 as compared to 2015. Imagining the terror experienced by being in a time of war and brutal savagery. Most of us today have zero comprehension of what they must have gone through! And not just that, but the heartbreak and grief so many families would have experienced when they received "the letter", notifying of the death of a son, brother, uncle, cousin etc. Matthew Hindson

Reviews

'Hindson’s work, “1915”, composed in 2015, was motivated by the thought of how a young person living 100 years before might face the prospect of going to war. There has long been an impression that young Australian men in that era were keen to enlist for what seemed likely to be the patriotic and glorious adventure of a lifetime.
 
Hindson’s composition avoids any of the jingoism and focuses instead on the more personal thoughts of a soldier leaving behind his loved ones and the comforts of home to go face the unknown. It’s a quietly powerful, melancholy and reflective work of great beauty. The trio of musicians gave it a performance of great sensitivity.'
Canberra CityNews (Len Power), 23 August 2022

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