Juno
for trumpet and organ
Composition Date: 2005
Duration: 8'
Information:
Ccommissioned by Barry Millington and Deborah Calland with support from the Scottish Arts Council, RVW Trust and Britten-Pears Foundation. It was first performed at the Chelsea Arts Festival by Deborah Calland and Thomas Corns in June 2005.
Programme Note:
Juno
for trumpet and organ
2005
When beginning this piece I was also working on a flute concerto entitled ‘Callisto’, which follows Ovid’s tale of metamorphosis. I represented Juno, the jealous wife of Callisto’s seducer, Jove, with the trumpet, and became more and more interested in the material for Juno – so much so that the trumpet began to take on almost a concertante role in the flute concerto.
In the end I curtailed Juno’s presence in the concerto, and transferred her to this smaller piece for trumpet and organ, where she could rant and spit in a more contained space.
Juno was commissioned by Barry Millington and Deborah Calland with support from the Scottish Arts Council, RVW Trust and Britten-Pears Foundation. It was first performed at the Chelsea Arts Festival by Deborah Calland and Thomas Corns in June 2005.
Sally Beamish 2005
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