SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA: THE UP AND DOWN MAN op.345 (January 1985)

Burlesque suite for orchestra
Published by: Highbridge Music Ltd
Instrumentation: 2(I=picc).1.2(II=bcl).1-2.1(=crt ad lib).1.0-perc(2):timp/police whistle/motor horn/SD/xyl/sus.cym/tamb/claves/tgl/hand cyms/cast/glsp-pno(=cel)-harp-strings
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Duration: 12 mins
First Performance: The Barbican, Dec 23 1985, Sinfonia of London conducted by Howard Blake
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Movements

  • 1: Enter the up and down man
  • 2: The sprinting policeman
  • 3: The house-hunter
  • 4: The merry-go-round
  • 5: The sheep and the scarecrow
  • 6: Lunchbreak Lullaby
  • 7: The cautious comic
  • 8: March and exit of the up and down man

Notes


Related Works


'*THE UP AND DOWN MAN' op.156 (1972)
13 episodes of a mime series for Thames Television
'SUITE - THE UP AND DOWN MAN (FOR PIANO TRIO)' op.186 (May 1974)
Burlesque suite in 8 short movements, based on the music from a tv mime series

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