The Wild Blue Yonder (1995)

Date of composition: 1995; Duration: 12’00; Commissioning body: Thomas Bowes; Premiere performance: 6 February 1995, Wigmore Hall, UK; Premiere performers: Thomas Bowes/Gordon Back; Publisher: Eleanor Alberga

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Eleanor writes:

“This piece developed from the idea of arriving in a strange, totally alien environment. Several unrelated musical fragments are developed and attempt to become fused, causing the music to climax in a frenzied outburst. The end section could perhaps represent acknowledgement and acceptance of the irreconcilable.”

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