14 mins
Date 2009
In many of my recent pieces I have used techniques inspired by and derived from Fine Art. In this instance I was concerned with layering material over an initial melodic line, as if painting over it.
In ocre oscuro, the main material is written for the violin. This material is treated in different ways throughout, as if moving between successive layers. Raw umber, or ‘ocre oscuro’, is used to make the initial layer or underpainting in oil painting.
ocre oscuro was written for the London Sinfonietta under the Blue Touch Paper initiative, and is the second piece I wrote on the scheme – the first, burnt umber, was for solo viola.
© Ian Vine
