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Andrew Toovey

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Composer Andrew Toovey
Year of Composition 1995-96
Duration ca.32'
Instrumentation Orchestra
Forces 3.3.3.3 4.3.4.1 perc(4), harps(2), cimbalom, harpsichord, 16 14 12 10 8 (max)
Categories (all composers) , ,
Catalogue ID ce-at1ri1

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For Michael Finnissy’s 50th birthday.

First performance: 23 February 1996, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London – conducted by David Porcelijn.

Commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

“Engulfed by the huge tidal wave of the Toovey, inspired by the paintings of Rothko, a few traces of its sound world seemed to hint just audibly among the chains of hammer blows. Toovey’s most extravagant use of colour, with its great juxtaposed blocks of tone, its contrasts between fiery speed and icy stillness.”

– The Herald Glasgow

A recording of this work is available on Red Icon (Largo 5139).