1.picc.2.2.2-2.2.2.1-timp-perc(3):glsp/vib/marimba/t.bells/wooden box/2tgl/2susp.cym/4wdbl/4tpl.bl/guiro/claves/2brakedr/2logdr/SD/BD-harp.pft(=cel)-strings(14.12.10.8.6)
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Bote & Bock
My orchestra piece for the BBC Radio 25 for 2025 Commission is dedicated to the legalisation of the gay marriage in UK in 2013. My aim was to create a piece of pure celebration and joy, with an occasional dark chord to have a glimpse of a memory of the struggle that went to getting to this point. The piece consists of 4 main themes. It starts with the trumpet playing a fanfare made up of 4 recurring pitches (D, C, E and G). It transits via a virtuosic arpeggiated flourish in the piano into a light and playfully textured section which is followed by an uplifting melody in G major until it swells into a grand horn solo which entails a short quote of Mendelssohn’s famous wedding march, as a subtle musical wave to the past. The piece ends with the fanfare material from the beginning of the work.
Elena Kats-Chernin, 2025