Violin
SKU:
ST.Y237
Composed by
Morgan Hayes. String
music. 3 minutes. Part.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#Y237. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.Y237).
ISBN
9790220221835.
1st
perf: Darragh Morgan, The
Picture Gallery, Royal
Holloway College,
University of London, 15
November 2006
Programme
Note
Lucky's
Speech was composed at
the request of the
violinist Darragh Morgan,
for the launch of his
recital CD Opera on the
NMC label in June 2006.
The title refers to a
pivotal moment in Samuel
Beckett's play Waiting
for Godot, when the
hitherto silent character
Lucky suddenly pours
forth a torrential stream
of gibberish.
This idea also suggested
the cadenza of my Violin
Concerto, composed in the
same year, and it is
reflected in both cases
by an almost breathless
musical activity
punctuated by pizzicato
commentaries. I should
like to thank Darragh
Morgan for his invaluable
advice in the preparation
of the score.
(c) Copyright
Morgan Hayes
