Tenor Horn & Brass Band

“Matryoshka” is the Russian word for Nesting Doll. When growing up I had a fascination for these ornaments which we had around our home. I used to be so fascinated at how they were designed to slot within each other perfectly. When starting this piece, I came across a set of these dolls and noticed that whilst each doll may look like each other, the smaller each one had been made the simpler the design became. this then became the basis of this piece. Working with Schoenberg’s idea of “Multi-dimensional Structures” I set about constructing a piece which works on many different levels of Micro and Macro structures. A simple example of this is that the first movement has been written in Sonata form, with the Development section is in Rondo form.This was then expanded to make the structure for the whole Concerto, with the entire piece being in Sonata form and the 3rd movement (Development section) being in Rondo form.

JD

In both the Cadenza in Movement I and the Free Time section in Movement III, all notes which do not have any Accidentals are Natural. Natural signs are given to negate the previous note which would have had an Accidental. Any Natural signs which are given in brackets are there to eliminate any doubt, and have been used on notes which come quickly in succession after ones which have been accidentalised.

Thee “Electronics” part will be provided with the concerto as a ".Wav" file for stereo out. This has been recorded and produced to a click track of the movement and the notes written in the “Electronics” part is true to the recording. It is therefore up to one of the performers to activate the “Electronics” part on bar 269. This can be done from a laptop or phone into a set of speakers to be position either side of the performer.

c.30 minutes