Piano, Ensemble,
Electronics
SKU:
BT.MUSM570366842
Composed by Ed Hughes.
Score Only. 36 pages.
University of York Music
Press #MUSM570366842.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.MUSM570366842).
English.
For
solo Piano, flexibly
scored Ensemble and live
electronics. Composed and
published 2015. Duration:
15'. Night Music is the
second instalment in a
cycle of works called
collectively 'Shadows of
Destruction'. The cycle
responds to images drawn
from collections in the
Imperial War Museum, with
a particular focus on the
effects of the aerial
campaign in World War II
as recorded by RAF
cameras. The work is in
three parts: Part 1 -
'Flowing' Part 2 -
'Machine song' Part 3 -
'Night toccata' Premiere:
12 February 2015,
Brighton Science Festival
('Music for Curious
Minds' series), All
Saints Church, Hove, by
Joseph Houston (Piano)
and University of Sussex
Symphony
Orchestra.Commissioned by
Norman Jacobs, artistic
director of Music Of Our
Time, with funding
support from The RVW
Trust.