- General information
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Composition date:
1992
- Duration: 8 mn
- Publisher: Faber Music
- Opus: 6
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Composition date:
1992
- Type
- Solo (excluding voice) [Organ]
Detailed formation
- organ
Premiere information
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Date:
29 July 1992
Location:Royaume-Uni, Cambridge, Ely Cathedral
Performers:Thomas Adès, Charles Armstrong, James Martin (orgue)
Table of contents
1. Preambulum
2. Fuga a tre voce, con alcune licenze
3. Arietta
Program note
Based on the story of the Pied Piper, Under Hamelin Hill is an exuberant invention for chamber organ: the Preambulum a right-hand moto perpetuo over punchy, teasing rhythms for the left hand; the Fuga a surprise as two further players, drawn by the piping, come on to join the first players; the Arietta a long, descending sigh over mysterious rumbles.
Andrew Porter.