Re: Formation of Chaos

Re: Formation of Chaos (1995)       

s sax, b cl, tpt, tbn, pno, 2 perc, 2 vln, vla, vcl, db

Duration : 7 minutes

Re: Formation of Chaos is based on melodic and harmonic material derived from a musical fragment from Representation of Chaos, the instrumental introduction to Haydn’s oratorio The Creation (1798).

First performance by Charlie Barber + Band for Cardiff Festival of Music at the Bute Theatre, Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff on 4 October 1995
with Jeffery Wilson (soprano saxophone), James Scannell (bass clarinet), Alan MacDonald (trumpet), John Randall (trombone), Ruth Wall (piano), Jonathan Helm (percussion), Tim Wright (percussion), Claire Nelson (violin), Michael Rafferty (violin), Madeleine Zagni (viola), Sharon McKinley (cello)

Press

“Barber’s own premiere-piece, Re: Formation of Chaos, derived from a fragment of the instrumental introduction to Haydn’s The Creation, was a Steve Reichian slow burn of metronomic percussion and eerie, sliding strings that suggested a clockwork toy winding down to entropy.”
Phil Johnson, The Independent 25 October 1995

Performances

04.10.95	CARDIFF	Bute Theatre, WCMD
10.10.95	MANCHESTER	Royal Northern College of Music
20.10.95	BATH	University
18.06.96	LONDON	St Giles Church, Cripplegate
22.06.96	CARDIFF	Llandaff Cathedral
02.10.96	MILFORD HAVEN	Torch Theatre
15.10.96	CARDIFF	University Concert Hall
17.10.96	MANCHESTER	Royal Northern College of Music
19.10.96	FROME	Merlin Theatre
23.10.96	LONDON	RFH, Purcell Room

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