Joseph Franklin - <mutinies>

NOMINATION: Work of the Year - Large Ensemble

NOMINATION: Work of the Year - Large Ensemble

Large ensemble music is defined as works for more than 12 players, with or without vocal parts, and with or without electronics. This may include works for orchestra, concert band, wind band, string orchestra. A work is defined as a single complete musical composition, or expression. This includes music with movements or sub-works (i.e. song cycles), installations, and real-time compositions (improvised music).

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Nominee

Joseph Franklin

Title of the work

<mutinies>

Performer

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Performance Date

24/6/2024

Venue

Federation Concert Hall

Nominator Statement
Composed as an orchestral adaptation of his solo contrabass guitar work a thousand tiny mutinies, Joseph Franklins mutinies encapsulates his evolving practice of translating solo bass material across diverse instrumental bodies.
The composition draws its narrative thread from 1829 Cyprus Mutiny at Recherche Bay, where convicts took control of the brig Cyprus, and set sail. The mutineers passed through New Zealand and the Chatham Islands before landing in the hostile Japanese waters, and on to China where the Cyprus was abandoned. The mutineers found their way back to London, where two of them were hanged the last men to be hanged for piracy in Britain. The infamous captain, William Swallow and one other, were returned to Hobart.
Premiered by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Luke Dollman at the Federation Concert Hall, nipaluna/Hobart on 14 June 2024, mutinies is a striking orchestral work that speaks to Franklins ability to channel historical narratives through his bold and exploratory musical language.

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