Xocolatl (2008/19)

Duration: 5’00”

Instrumentation: (picc.,2,2,2, b.cl.,2) - (4,3,3,1) - timp., 2 perc. (glock., 2 t-blk., guiro, claves, 2 tri., xylo., 3 w-blk., cymb., sus-cymb. (with bow)) - hp. - (12,12,10,8,6)

First Performance of Original Version: London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth (conductor); LSO St Luke’s, London;3rd October 2008. 

First Performance of Revised Version: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor); Symphony Hall, Shanghai, China; 7th July 2019. It formed part of Music in the Summer Air Festival 2019.

Notes: Written for the London Symphony Orchestra through the LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme 2008, supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust.