This
work is published for performance and study. The performance set
includes a saddle-stitched full performance score for the pianist and a
saddle-stitched part booklet.
About the work:
The
composer writes: 'The title refers to a dance performed by a group of
fanatics in one of Frank Herbert's Dune books. The dance was
non-repeating and exhausting for the dancer, who often collapsed or died
before completing the extremely long, complex routine.
'Created during an intense eight days, and actually commissioned as a violin solo, Matre's Dance
was premiered by David Guerin and Bruce McKinnon in the Adam Concert
Room of the Victoria University School of Music in 1991. This was the
first piece which suggested to me I might have some future in composing.
'Following its premiere, Matre's Dance passed from my hands into Evelyn Glennie's and has now seen much more of the world than I will ever manage to.'