Thanks, Simon! On the strength of this upload, this year’s HCMF is a mouthwatering prospect indeed! Funnily enough, I dipped my toe in the waters of last year’s composer-in-residence for the first time only yesterday, via another piece for wind ensemble, Mémoire, horizon. And are you familiar with Kalevi Aho’s 9th Symphony, during the final movement of which the trombone soloist is asked to play chords? Regardless of whether his choice of idiom(s) is one’s cup of char, Aho is undeniably a wizard when it comes to instrumentation.
[…] Unit Hannover. This was no doubt due to the UK performance of Haas’ remarkable Octet, a piece i celebrated earlier this year, but prior to this were three shorter works for solo trombones (it was surprising and very […]
[…] their notes microtonally jostling against each other, causing complex beat patterns (echoes of his Trombone Octet). The orchestra places emphasis on rhythm and meter, presenting episodes full of regularity and […]
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Thanks, Simon! On the strength of this upload, this year’s HCMF is a mouthwatering prospect indeed! Funnily enough, I dipped my toe in the waters of last year’s composer-in-residence for the first time only yesterday, via another piece for wind ensemble, Mémoire, horizon. And are you familiar with Kalevi Aho’s 9th Symphony, during the final movement of which the trombone soloist is asked to play chords? Regardless of whether his choice of idiom(s) is one’s cup of char, Aho is undeniably a wizard when it comes to instrumentation.
[…] Unit Hannover. This was no doubt due to the UK performance of Haas’ remarkable Octet, a piece i celebrated earlier this year, but prior to this were three shorter works for solo trombones (it was surprising and very […]
[…] their notes microtonally jostling against each other, causing complex beat patterns (echoes of his Trombone Octet). The orchestra places emphasis on rhythm and meter, presenting episodes full of regularity and […]