Luke Bedford
*25.04.1978

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Luke Bedford
5 Abstracts | for 14 players

Work Details
Year of composition: 2000-2001
Scored for: for 14 players
Composer: Luke Bedford
Instrumentation: 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 0 - perc, hp, vln(2), vla, vc, cb
Instrumentation details: flute (+picc); oboe; clarinet in A; bassoon (+cbsn); horn in F; trumpet in Bb; trombone; percussion; harp; 1st violin; 2nd violin; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Commissioned by: Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society for the London Sinfonietta, as a result of winning the 2000 Royal Philharmonic Society Prize for Composition.
Duration (min): 18
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World Première
Location: Queen Elizabeth Hall London / Great Britain
Date: 22.04.2001
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Conductor: Pierre-André Valade
Work Introduction

In this set of pieces I wanted to set up a different compositional game for each movement that might lead the music down unexpected avenues. By imposing these sometimes abstract ideas I found myself writing music that I could not have written in any other way.

In the first piece every member [...]

Reviews

“Perhaps the most striking signs of promise come from Luke Bedford, with his muscular and acerbic 5 Abstracts.” (The Guardian)

 

“Luke Bedford’s Abstracts have an inexorable intensity, but the audibility of its musical processes present a sure way into its uncompromising [...]

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