INSTRUMENTATION
0.0.0.0. / 4.3.3.1. / 1 timp. / 3 perc: tubular bells, 2 bongos (high & medium), vibraphone, bass drum / 0.0.0.0.0.
DURATION
ca. 4′
COMMISSIONER
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with support from the John Feeney Charitable Trust
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PROGRAMME NOTE
Though dance-like, this short piece is not so much to do with bourrée, the French dance, but with feelings related to intoxication, from melancholy to euphoria, from clumsiness to confidence.
PERFORMANCES
29 JANUARY 2023
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Clark Rundell
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
RECORDING
REVIEWS
By turns mournful and ecstatic…
– Paul Conway – Musical Opinion, April-June Issue (2023)
…extraordinary tuba-and-bells sonorities and its feeling of aloof ritual.
– Ivan Hewett – The Telegraph (2023)
