I – Maestoso, lamentoso
II – Boisterous then placid
III – Placid then maestoso
The three movements of this piece are linked by a vague, loosely connected set of ideas about music being remembered, forgotten, misremembered, imagined or deteriorating:
All of this might have found its way, audibly or not, into this piece. Most of the music, at least in some distant way, takes something I have written previously – often something that is itself based on something older still – and transforms it, misremembers it, sometimes beyond recognition.
Instrumentation:
orchestra: 2.2.2(II=Eb.cl, b.cl).2(II=cbsn) – 2.2.2.1 – fixed audio – strings (recommended 10.8.6.6.4)
Duration:
20 mins
Commission:
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3
Performances:
1 Apr 2023
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (cond.)
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK
World premiere