Ruby
composer: Joe Duddell
concerto for percussion and orchestra
Premiere: 25 July 2003 London, Royal Albert Hall · Colin Currie, percussion · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra · Marin Alsop, conductor
Orchestra Instrumentation: pic.2.2.ca.0.2Acl.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.2.btbn.1-timp-hp.pno-str-Solo percussion: vibraphone, marimba, crotales, 7 tuned gongs, drum kit
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 25' 0''
Year of composition: 2002/2003
Difficulty: difficult
Edition: piano reduction with solo part
80 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-2201-2488-4
Order number: ED 12927
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Description
Ruby was commissioned for the 2003 BBC Proms and was also played by the finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004. It was written in close collaboration with Colin Currie, its dedicatee and original soloist, and the percussion writing is musically subtle whilst stretching the soloist's technique to the limit. 'Duddell beholds to abstract formulation and melodic instruments [...] His invention might be termed Transatlantic. Michael Tippett is a clear (and wonderful) influence in the 'cool' strands and affecting lyricism.
(Colin Anderson. The Classical Source. 2003)
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