Philip Joy - Retro Variations

Retro Variations

Instrumentation

Cello Concertino for Chamber Orchestra

Recording, download - 12.82MB

Score, download - 0.26MB

Philip Joy - Retro Variations

Other Information

The first bar of the theme from this miniature cello concerto (loosely imagined as a contemporary Rococo Variations) just wouldn´t go away! So I wrote it down, old fashioned though it was, and Retro Variations was the result.

A short orchestral refrain opens the piece and the light, graceful retro-sounding theme is announced in the cello. Each of the seven variations are preceeded by this refrain and each takes a tiny fragment of the theme as its basis. Each variation features a cadenza, and there is a central slow section to the work. A final coda features a miniature reminder of each variation. 

 

Philip Joy - Retro Variations

Philip Joy - Retro Variations