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Jenny McLeod

Duration: 18' 00" Year: 1963
for chamber orchestra

Duration: 25' 00" Year: 2002
concerto for chamber orchestra

Instrumentation
2 fl, 2 ob+ C.A, 2 cl, 2 bsn; 2 hn, 2 tpt; strings
Programme Note

“And from about him fierce effusion roll’d Of smoke and bickering flame, and sparkles dire” John Milton Paradise Lost Book IV Smoke and bickering (or flashing) flame surround Messiah’s chariot “driving into the midst of his enemies” on the third day of the battle against Satan and his Angels. Unable to resist “they leap down with horror and confusion into the place of punishment prepar’d for them in the Deep: Messiah returns with triumph to his Father”. With consignment to “The Deep”, I imagine Satan’s followers must be faced with many conflicting emotions – even nostalgia for their past condition. “Of Smoke and Bickering Flame” comprises eight short movements. The movements are related to each other in pairs after the following pattern: I and VI, II and V, III and VII, and IV and VIII.
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