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Malleus
for three b-flat clarinets
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About
The malleus (or hammer) is one of three bones that transmit vibrations from the eardrum to the internal ear in the process of transformation of external sound waves to an emotional or cognitive response within the listener. In Malleus, the trio is treated as a single 'meta-instrument', with each instrument playing a near identical line, though this unison is corrupted with independent tempi and tuning. Malleus was written in 2005 and is the second piece in a series of three trios collectively entitled Middle Ear. It won first prize in the 2005 Lilburn Prize concert at Auckland University.
Performance history
06 Oct 2006: Performed by Andrew Uren, Nicola Walton and Anna McGregor (clarinets) at the Clocktower, University of Auckland
26 Oct 2010: Performed by Andrew Uren, Nicola Walton & Anna McGregor on 15 October 2006 in The Clocktower, University of Auckland, and broadcast on "Sound Lounge", Radio New Zealand Concert
13 Aug 2011: Amazing Maze
22 Nov 2015: Performed by James Fry, Hayden Sinclair and Andrew Uren (clarinets) for hear|say, Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland.