Erythraean March (for Large Orchestra)

This is the most recently completed piece of mine and my first for full orchestra. Unfortunately, it was a bit rushed so the musical narrative is a little fragmented, but still let me know what you think.

The piece was performed by The University of Surrey Symphony Orchestra on the 2nd of May 2010, conducted by myself.

The instrumentation, as it appears on the score, is as follows:

2 Flutes
1 Piccolo
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets
1 Bass Clarinet
2 Bassoons
4 Horns
3 Trumpets
2 Trombones
1 Bass Trombone
1 Tuba
Timpani (Tuned A C Eb)
Snare Drum
Bass Drum
Cymbals
2 Tam-tams
Marimba
Vibraphone
Piano
15 1st Violins
14 2nd Violins
14 3rd Violins
13 Violas
13 Cellos
11 Double Basses

Yep, 107 players...

... (Okay so I might have counted the sampled instruments too!)

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[scotthazellcomposer]

Hey Tom, amazing orchestral work here dude, how is your degree going? S

[tommyk77]

@scotthazellcomposer Hey! Only just saw this! Just finishing my postgrad now. PhD has been accepted too :-)

[scotthazellcomposer]

@tommyk77 Ha no worries, that's great news. I just finished my Ba(hons) with a first, had some music on TV earlier this year and now just carrying on self employed. Best of luck and keep in touch. Scott.

[tommyk77]

@scotthazellcomposer Congratulations! Will do :-)

[LKLNinja]

1:25 is brilliant. Hate to sound like a music noob, but the chinese sounding melody gets me :)

[tommyk77]

@LKLNinja It's the pentatonics :-)

I like 1:38 personally

[maugunra78]

Amazing job!! very good work!

[kardentyrell]

off to my favourites with you!

[LKLNinja]

@LKLNinja actually it's more 1:20

[tommyk77]

@admentlore Thanks. The piece is actually a series of sketches I put together to see if they worked as a coherent piece. Each one has its own "colour" if you will. The opening march is quite red to me, so I made that the title. Your interpretation I'll leave to you!

Personally, I think the march is the strongest bit, so I'll probably expand that into a full piece itself.