Luke Bedford
*25.04.1978

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Luke Bedford
At Three and Two | for winds, percussion and double basses

Work Details
Year of composition: 2009-2010
Subtitle: for winds, percussion and double basses
Scored for: for winds, percussion and double basses
Composer: Luke Bedford
Instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - perc(3), cb(6+)
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; 3rd flute (+alto fl); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; cor anglais; clarinet in Bb; 1st bass clarinet in Bb; 2nd bass clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 3rd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; bass trombone; tuba; percussion(3); contrabass(6+)
Commissioned by: "Commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society Manchester, England World Prèmiere - Thursday 27th May 2010"
Duration (min): 10
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World Première
Location: Bridgewater Hall Manchester / Great Britain
Date: 27.05.2010
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
Conductor: Mark Elder
Work Introduction

At Three and Two was commissioned to be played before Mahler's Ninth Symphony. I didn't want to write a prelude to the symphony but rather something that faced up to it in a more tangential way. Mahler Nine is scored for an unusually large wind section, so I decided to make the wind, brass [...]

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“Bedford took his cue from the unusually large wind section in Mahler’s Ninth Symphony — and decided to write his short piece for winds, percussion and double-basses alone. Mark Elder, who conducted it, focused more on how Bedford tunes in to the teasing rhythmic cross-currents in the [...]

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