A Soldier's Duty (2024)

| Duration:

2:45

Instrumentation

1 Piccolo, Flute & Alto Flute
1 Oboe & English Horn
1 E-Flat Clarinet & B-Flat Clarinet
1 Bass Clarinet
2 Bassoons
1 Contrabassoon

2 French Horns
2 Trumpets
2 Trombones
1 Tuba

Timpani

Percussion (Vibraphone, Marimba, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Crash Cymbal, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle)

Piano/Celesta

Solo Violin
Solo Violoncello

Strings

Alternative Arrangements:

Orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 2.2.2.1 - tmp +3 - str)

Perusal Score

£64

Date Premiered

Yet to be Premiered

Performed By

Yet to be Performed

Program Note

Set during mediaeval war times, this piece explores the internal struggle of a soldier torn between the call to battle and the desire to stay home with his beloved. The cellos and basses underscore the interplay of two themes: one symbolising his duty and war, the other representing his longing to remain. I play with the tonality of each theme to convey a slightly different meaning throughout the composition.