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For wind quintet, trumpet, trombone,
percussion-tubular bells, 1 low timpani, sizzle cymbal, bass drum, snare drum;
piano and string quintet.
Also transcription for flute, 2 Bb
clarinets, bassoon, 2 percussionists (one playing vibraphone, one playing
tubular bells, sizzle cymbal & marimba), guitar, viola and 'cello
The inspiration for this composition came from
an idea of representing camera work (in cinematography) in slow motion, through
music. There are two main objects, one static and one which moves. The
composition is a journey from the static to the moving, but while the focus
shifts from one to the other, there is a point at which neither is in focus.
Towards the end there is a progressive layering of the ideas heard previously,
which are gradually resolved in the final chord.
* Winner of the Lutoslawski Composition Prize
* Chosen to represent British Young Composers in the 2001 Paris Conservatoire
Composition Festival
First Performance: 30th September 1999, The
Guildhall New Music Ensemble/dir. Jason Lai, Music Hall, Guildhall School of
Music & Drama
Duration c. 7'
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