By:

• Jeremy Mayall

Duration:

16' 00"

Instrumentation:

picc.22ca2bcl2cbsn; 4331; timp., perc. (bass drum, 5 roto-toms, tam-tam, 3 toms, tri., sus. cymbal, tub. bells, glock., snare, woodblock); strings; turntables and small PA

Contents:

Three movements: In the Beginning; Music to Make; The Saga Continues

Samples

Score (105k)

First two pages of each movement

© Jeremy Mayall

Availability

• This work has 2 scores

Programme Note

A three-movement symphony for orchestra and turntables… a hip-hop symphony

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Influences:

• Hiphop

Performance History

	16 May 2005	Premiered by Wellington Youth Orchestra, conducted by Owen Clarke at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
		Owen Clarke    Wellington Youth Orchestra
	28 Oct 2004	Read by Auckland Philharmonia, with Jeremy Mayall on turntables, Philharmonia Hall, Auckland, 28 October 2004 (1st movement only) First movement
		Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra    Marc Taddei
	16 Feb 2005	Performed in a rehearsed reading by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich as part of the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings Movement 1: In the Beginning
		Hamish McKeich    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Awards

• NZSO-SOUNZ Readings (2005)
  

  Symphony No. 1, Mvt 1 : In the Beginning was performed at the NZSO-SOUNZ Readings in February 2005