| Abstract: |
'Madingley March' was composed especially for the inaugural Madingley Concert on 6 March 2011, where it was performed by the Iridian Trio alongside works by Mozart (K.452) and Schumann (op.88). Both of these works contain march music and Tim decided to pick up on this in his piece. However, while Mozart and Schumann's marches share a quality of jaunty innocence, 'Madingley March' evokes an occasionally sinister sense of the mechanical: a trio of clockwork soldiers perhaps... Violin and 'cello are briefly freed from the relentless pulse in a lyrical interlude before the piece ends with a slow motion version of the opening mechanistic material. |
