{"product_id":"bell-iain-bell-9798350145083","title":"Bell: Planet for Chamber Orchestra Study Score","description":"(Study Score). \"Study score for Weir's orchestral work commissioned by Britten Pears Arts for the Aldeburgh Festival 2024 where Weir was Composer in Residence. PLANET is a set of three short orchestral pieces inspired by views of our planet, and galaxy, photographed from outer space. These are: (1)\"The blue marble\"\/Apollo 17 (2)\"The pale blue dot\"\/Voyager 1 (3) Cluster NGC 6355 \/Hubble Space Telescope Musically, the three movements are primarily studies in texture and harmony. (1) explores a wide, almost- static set of chords (2) adark, thin atmosphere, briefly illuminated towards the end by shafts of sound (3) a dense collision of instrumental groups, eventually forming a rich harmonic mass. It may seem strange to have explored such a huge, cosmic subject by means of a smallish Mozart-sized orchestra. My inspiration here was a visit to the ingenious Eise Eisinga Planetarium at Franeker in the Netherlands (completed in 1781, and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.) Built in the sitting room ceiling of a modestly sized house, and operated by a clockwork-style mechanism in the loft, it accurately represents the changing positions of the earth, sun, moon and five neighbouring planets, in real time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iain Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798350145083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chester Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Iain Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448135463167,"sku":"9798350145083","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e251f0b9-f61a-4aa7-be26-6f6b8942d389.jpg?v=1777237135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bell-iain-bell-9798350145083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}