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FP.FDD02
Composed by
David Dubery. Sheet Music
and Books. An evocative
piece for treble recorder
or oboe and piano
inspired by two historic
Stockport landmarks.
Classical. Collection.
Forsyths Publications
#FDD02. Published by
Forsyths Publications
(FP.FDD02).
ISBN
9790570503834.
Vern
on Park,
Stockport’s oldest
park, was created on land
donated by Lord Vernon
(George John Warren). It
was built by poor mill
workers who called it
pinch-belly park and
opened on 20th September
1858. Comprising
twenty-one acres, it
houses a museum, a
bandstand, ornamental
fountains, a fernery,
rockery, borders and
sunken rose garden as
well terraced walkways
that overlook the river
and weir. The piece
depicts a solitary walker
engrossed in his own
thoughts on a
winter’s day, the
landscape, and the
park’s Victorian
past.
At the very
end of the piece a
reminder of the
park’s Victorian
origins can be detected
in a quote from
Elgar’s Salut
d’amour of 1899,
which may well have been
played by a band in the
bandstand. Stockport
market celebrated its
750th anniversary in
2010. It dated back to
September 1260 when a
Royal Charter allowed
Robert de Stokeport, the
Mayor, to hold a weekly
market within the
defensive walls of the
Norman Castle on the
present site of Castle
Yard.
The Glass
Umbrella was a popular
name given to the 1861
covered market built of
timber, glass and iron -
nine bays with open sides
and a glass canopy. In
1912, one bay was removed
to enable electric trams
and trolley buses to turn
a sharp
corner.
The piece
depicts a lively market
day, the multiculturalism
of the present day and
the old cries of pick and
pay without delay. The
bells of St Mary’s
Church are depicted by a
cascading peel tuned to
the ten bells of the
church tower, and a
fleeting reference to
John Wainwright’s
famous Christmas hymn
Christians Awake, and the
Westminster chimes
striking the hour from St
Mary’s, bring to
piece to a conclusion.
Separate parts are
provided for recorder and
oboe.
Vernon Lee
