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The Butcher Of Brisbane

Year
2005
Category
Esoterica
Genre
Concerto
Duration
23'
Premiere
Eliot Gattegno, White Rabbit; Paine Hall, Harvard University; 22 April 2006

Carnival for solo saxophone(s) & chamber ensemble  

Solo A/T/Bar Sx  Fl/ Picc  Bb/ Bass Cl  Perc 1 ( Sm, Med, L Sus Cym  SD  TD  Fl Tomt  BD )  Perc 2 ( Sm, Med Sizz Cym  Sm, Med, L Ch Cym  Hi-Hat  Sm, Med Flat Gongs – Water  WB (5)  Mar )  Pno  Vln  Vla   Vlc  DB   

Commissioned by Eliot Gattegno & the Callithumpian Consort

Released by Navona Records

  1. Prologue
  2. Act I: Magnus Greel
  3. Interlude I
  4. Act II: Weng Chiang
  5. Interlude II
  6. Act III: Theatre Spook
  7. Epilogue

Selected Other Performances:  

Philipp Stäudlin, Callithumpian Consort ~ Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory; 21 June 2016

Eliot Gattegno, Callithumpian Consort ~ Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory; 21 June 2007 & 5 March 2008


Media

Programme Note
Score: 4. Act II bars 323-369
Audio: 4. Act II bars 325-369
Score: 6. Act III bars 457-516
Audio: 6. Act III bars 458-516
Video: complete (Philipp Staeudlin, Callithumpian Consort)