SEASCAPE Op.53 (score & parts)

Scored for ten wind players: 2 flutes, oboe, cor anglais (English horn) 2 clarinets, 2 bassoon and 2 horns, Seascape was written in 1958 for the Portia Ensemble, as ensemble which Gipps founded herself, made up entirely of women. It is an example of programmatic music, the sounds conjuring up the beauty as well as the stormy nature of the sea. It is thought to have been inspired by a trip Gipps took to Kent where she was giving lectures and, during her stay in a coastal hotel, could hear the sea from her bed. The work is in ternary form with a wonderfully rich rhythmic and percussive central section.
The first performance was given in the Arts Council Drawing Room by the Portia Ensemble, conducted by James Verity, on 7th October 1960,
- Ben Goldscheider (with permission) from the 'Winds of Change' CD (Three Worlds Records)

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