The following abbreviations will be used:
- VLN=Violin VLA=Viola VC=Violincello VLO=Violone DB=Double Bass STRORCH=String Orchestra TMP=Tamboura (Indian drone instrument) GTR=Guitar PNO=Piano
- U=Unperformed
Title | Instrumentation | Duration |
---|---|---|
Five Rasa for Solo Violin1 | VLN / TMP | 13:00 |
Variations for Violin or Viola2 | VLN or VLA | 12:00 Play |
Recitative and Scherzo | VLN / PNO | 06:54 Play |
Scherzo of Fools3 | VC or VLO | 06:00 |
Fool and Angel Entering A City*4 | DB (solo) | 13:00 Play |
Fanfare for Double Basses* | DBS (5) | 01:20 |
Ode to St. Kilda*5 | DBS (4) | 05:30 |
Ballade for Kari* (U) | DB / PNO | 03:00 |
The Serene Kingdom6 | STRORCH | 06:30 |
The Procession of Fools6 | STRORCH | 06:00 |
The March of the Jesters6 | STRORCH | 07:30 |
The Wounded Angel7 | GTR (solo) | 09:00 Play |
- This piece is influenced by Indian classical music. However, it can be performed without the tamboura.
- The theme is original and the piece may be performed either on the violin or viola.
- The violone is a Baroque instrument, a precursor of the modern double bass. This Scherzo of Fools is completely different from the composer’s piece for clarinet and piano with the same name.
- After a painting by the British artist Cecil Collins (1908-1990).
- An international prize winner, it is a tone poem describing the Scottish island of St. Kilda.
- All these pieces were commissioned by Malden New Strings, a youth orchestra. There should be a minimum of 4 violins, 4 violas, 2 cellos and 1 double bass.
- This piece is different from the one for flutes also entitled The Wounded Angel.