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Haze for Days (from Fire Dances)

by Nat Bartsch

Instrumentation
Cello, Violin, Piano
Composed
2020
Duration
2'
Publisher
Australian Music Centre
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About this piece

Haze for Days is Nat Bartsch's two-minute movement in Fire Dances, a suite for piano trio written collaboratively by eight Australian women composers, one from each state and territory, in response to the 2019–20 bushfires. The suite was commissioned for Muses Trio through an ABC Classic Fresh Start grant in 2020, and Bartsch dedicated her movement to the residents of South East Victoria. Muses Trio recorded the suite for ABC Classic (2021) and performed it for International Women's Day 2022. The score and parts of the whole suite are sold by the Australian Music Centre, in print or as an eScore; the other composers are Olivia Bettina Davies, Natalie Williams, Maria Grenfell, Hilary Kleinig, Elena Kats-Chernin, Cathy Applegate and Isabella Gerometta.

Technical overview

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Level rubric

Advanced

Left Hand

  • Unrestricted fingerboard operation.
  • Effortless high‑register passages with thumb position.
  • Execute large leaps, rapid shifts & fast runs with precise intonation.
  • Render double stops with clarity and even vibrato.
  • Crisp, stylistically appropriate ornamentation (trills, turns, mordents).
  • Instinctive micro‑adjustments in intonation for expressiveness.
  • False harmonics in low positions

Right Hand

  • Complete command of all bow strokes at any tempo/dynamic.
  • Comfortable execution of virtuoso passages (sautillé, intricate ricochet).
  • Tone projection from whisper‑quiet to fortissimo.
  • Integrate advanced bow patterns with expressive phrasing.
  • Demonstrate technical precision with a broad dynamic range.

Rhythm & Musicality

  • Interpret large‑scale structures with nuanced pacing and rhythmic freedom.
  • Highly refined phrasing with subtle note grouping & expressive rubato.
  • Convey emotional depth and stylistic authenticity.
  • Incorporate personal interpretive choices while meeting stylistic demands.

Levels are approximate guides, not strict requirements.

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