Serenade for Wind Octet
A concert work in 3 movements
First Performance: Manchester Camerata Ensemble, Lake District Summer Music, Lakes Hall, Troutbeck Bridge, LA23 1HW,, 3 August 2011.
Composer’s note: The clarinettist Janet Hilton requested I should write a woodwind octet and this work was expressly composed for her own group ‘The Camerata Soloists’.
Number 19 of the collection ‘Lifecycle’ is a transcription of the second movement for piano.
FIRST PROFESSIONAL CD RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2013 ON PENTATONE: AN ENSEMBLE FROM PLAYERS OF THE ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS/DAVID THEODORE, RACHEL INGLETON [OBOE], TIMOTHY LINES & KATIE LOCKHART [CLARINET], GRAHAM SHEEN & GAVIN McNAUGHTON [BASSOON], STEPHEN STIRLING & SUSAN DENT [HORN]/CONDUCTED BY SIR NEVILLE MARRINER/TITLE OF ALBUM ‘THE BARBER OF NEVILLE’ / PENTATONE CLASSICS SUPER AUDIO CD HYBRID MULTICHANNEL PTC 5186 506 2013 www.pentatonemusic.com
Movements
- 1:
- Grazioso 6min 30sec
- 2:
- Serioso (come Una Marcia Lente) 4min 30sec
- 3:
- Molto Vivace, Capriccioso 3min 40sec
Recordings