Panufnik Variations - Variation Eight (2012)
Duration: 1’40”
Instrumentation: (picc.,2,2,2,b.cl.,2,c.bn.) - (4,3,3,1) - timp., 3 perc. (bongos, mar., side-dr., xylo., tri., tom-tom, vib.) - pno., hp. - (12,12,10,8,6)
First Performance: London Symphony Orchestra and François-Xavier Roth (conductor); Barbican Hall, London; 13th April 2013.
Notes: Commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra.
“If the set as a whole lacked a cumulative sense of momentum, there were several individual highlights. Particularly successful were Toby Young’s dance escapade, Larry Goves’s dreamscape and Raymond Yiu’s animated allegro, but under the motivating baton of François-Xavier Roth, the entire performance was vital and secure.”