
… there are spread
On the blue surface of thine aëry surge,
Like the bright hair uplifted from the headOf some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge
Ode to the West Wind, Percy Bysshe Shelley
Of the horizon to the zenith’s height,
The locks of the approaching storm …
2015
7 minutes
Eight players
picc(=afl).cl. – hn – perc(1): vib/crot/hi-hat/2 bongos/4 toms/BD/large susp.cymbal/ tam-t – strings(1.0.1.1.1)
Written for the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Music of Today Series as a result of receiving the 2015 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize.
Performances
23/06/2016 | Philharmonia Orchestra | Royal Festival Hall, London | WP |