Thought i’d explain a bit about how\u00a0the\u00a0orchestration and leitmotif work in this piece:<\/p>\n
Each Act uses specific instruments (orchestration) and melodies (leitmotif) to represent the characters and ideas, with the instruments combining and the melodies evolving as the story unfolds.<\/p>\n
As the tale is of Stina’s transformation from human to wolf, her signature melody and main instrument (oboe) develop, intertwine and are eventually replaced by the wolfs instrument (muted trumpet) and melodies. On her journey she starts out:<\/p>\n
– With the villagers (viol, or guitar viol in the case of this sketch)<\/p>\n
– Has a day dream about the distant snowy peaks and a better life (the harp represents Stinas imaginative life)<\/p>\n
– Becomes a wolf (muted trumpet)<\/p>\n
– Meets the wolf guardian of the under world (muted trumpet, here Stina has reverted back to her human oboe form, but learns a new melody to get past him)<\/p>\n
– Meets the horde of the underworld (French\u00a0horns and trombone. Here Stina uses a new melody to skip\u00a0on the\u00a0heads\u00a0of the\u00a0waltzing\u00a0horns\u00a0unnoticed)<\/p>\n
– Then the beast (fluttery flute. At first the flute reprises Stina’s new melody\u00a0sarcastically,\u00a0but then Stina\u00a0tries out\u00a0different\u00a0\u00a0melodies and\u00a0eventually\u00a0he softens and gives her the key)<\/p>\n
– And finally back to the village (viol here, but as the village is now\u00a0overrun\u00a0with wolves, the solo viol melody is soon copied and overrun with trumpets and horns.\u00a0Stopping\u00a0abruptly when Stina passes the threshold and turns\u00a0the\u00a0villagers back)<\/p>\n
And finally she leaves for the forest and is a wolf (muted trumpet plays out the final melody, having first\u00a0duetted\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0oboe and come\u00a0through\u00a0triumphant, leaving the human Stina behind)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thought i’d explain a bit about how\u00a0the\u00a0orchestration and leitmotif work in this piece: Each Act uses specific instruments (orchestration) and melodies (leitmotif) to represent the characters and ideas, with the instruments combining and the melodies evolving as the story unfolds. As the tale is of Stina’s transformation from human to wolf, her signature melody and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KdKv-s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stinaandthewolf.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}