Sinfonietta
A concert work for 10 brass for the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
First Performance: Prime Brass, Linton Village College,Cambridgeshire, 7.30pm, 8 December 2007.
Composer’s note: This work came about through the enthusiam of BBC radio producer Jim Parr for the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Jim Parr admired my music and generously supported it from 1976-1982. Sinfonietta is the most extended new work to be composed for the group and is dedicated to him.
Shortly after I signed with Faber in 1983 they decided to publish ‘Sinfonietta’ but Publishing Director Martin Kingsbury insisted it be shortened by 3 minutes since there were ‘too many pages.’ Performers not surprisingly found the work unsatisfactory and I insisted it be put back to its former glory. A paste-up was made by Faber but it was not fully re-published in correct form until 2004 by my own publishing company Highbridge Music.
Movements
- 1:
- Maestoso 7min 50sec
- 2:
- Lento Serioso 4min 50sec
- 3:
- Presto 2min
- 4:
- Maestoso-Allegro Ritmico
Recordings
