Petite Symphonie de Chambre Contemporaine (après Milhaud) (2021)

for String Dectet or Orchestra

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Composed April 2021

Commissioned by the Lowell Chamber Orchestra

 

Scored for String Dectet (2/2/2/2/2) or Orchestra (min. 6/6/4/4/2).

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6 Minutes

in three movements

 

Premiere:

Lowell Chamber Orchestra; Orlando Cela conducting - May 15, 2021

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Subsequent performances:

Wichita Symphony Orchestra; Brett Mitchell conducting  - October 9/10/11, 2021

Orchestra of New Spain; Grover Wilkins III conducting  - June 9/10/11, 2022

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Orchestra; Wayland Whitney conducting  - May 7, 2023

Kensington Sinfonia (Canadian premiere)  - January 28, 2024

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Program Note:

‘Petite Symphonie de Chambre Contemporaine (après Milhaud)' was commissioned by Orlando Cela and the Lowell Chamber Orchestra as a response to Darius Milhaud's 4th chamber symphony (1921). This composition follows the original form of Milhaud's work (except the 2nd movement, now a nocturne) and explores my own compositional voice and style while still paying respect to the construction of the composition it was inspired by.