Blood from Stone

Blood from Stone (2023)

for chamber orchestra

2 fl; 2 ob; 2 cl; 2 bsn
2 hn; 2 tpt
timp; perc
strings

Duration: c. 10 minutes

Blood from Stone is a reflection on the creative processes of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti – from his intense Christian faith and innovations through to his concept of a sculpture as latent in the marble and requiring merely the removal of superfluous material.

The work is in three continuous movements:

1. Kyrie
2. Perspective
3. Releasing the sculpture