Swiss Nocturne is a movement from my Continental Concerto. The concept of the Concerto was to take a whistle-stop tour, anti-clockwise, around the various musical cultures and places of interest in Europe. Starting in the UK we work through France, Spain, Central Europe and Norway before finally returning back to the UK to finish.
As a player with the Black Dyke Band, we have the pleasure of visiting Lucerne in Switzerland annually. The KKL concert hall sticks out into the beautiful Lake Lucerne and the sights you can see when leaving the stage door are breathtaking. Clear water spanning miles into the mountains in the distance and the tranquil waterfront café life of Lucerne is something that I wanted to reflect in a peaceful, yet flowing solo for Baritone.
Duration: 4.15
Troldhaugen is a movement from my Continental Concerto. The concept of the Concerto was to take a whistle-stop tour, anti-clockwise, around the various musical cultures and places of interest in Europe. Starting in the UK we work through France, Spain, Central Europe and Norway before finally returning back to the UK to finish.
Troldhaugen is a luscious solo for Tenor Horn, incorporating snapshots of ‘Morning' from Edvard Grieg's ‘Peer Gynt' as its basis for the melodic material, with my own added twist.
Troldhaugen is the name of Grieg's house, located a few miles out from the centre of Bergen, Norway. Set in the idyllic countryside and lakes, I tried to somehow represent this setting through the music
Through the Gates of Clos Lucé is a movement from my Continental Concerto. The concept of the Concerto was to take a whistle-stop tour, anti-clockwise, around the various musical cultures and places of interest in Europe. Starting in the UK we work through France, Spain, Central Europe and Norway before finally returning back to the UK to finish.
Clos Lucé was the French home of renowned artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. Located in the stunning town of Amboise, deep in the Loire Valley, this would be the place where many of his masterpieces were to be created.
This Soprano Cornet solo is a demanding test for any player's stamina and high register, which also gives the player the opportunity to switch between light, jazzy and passionate melodic styles.
Duration: 4.30
Duration c. 14'00"
Stratos (Concerto for Euphonium) was composed for the euphonium virtuoso David Childs, and is featured on the Flowers Brass Band CD Stratos, featuring all new works by Jonathan Bates.
I - Charge of the Intergalactic Rocks
Unpredictable in nature, this opening movement fizzes along through varying keys, styles, time signatures and many sudden changes of both volume and timbre. A large senza misura cadenza for the euphonium, accompanied by snare drum playing in time, forms the central focal point of the movement, where many of the motifs used throughout the movement are introduced primarily, or revisited in a new guise. This movement relies mostly on rhythmic and textural variety, rather than the melodic and harmonic nature of the latter movements.
II - Sleeping Earth (from Outer Space)
A calm and desolate setting forms the core of the second movement. The music aims to capture the view over the Earth from outer space, the silent beauty of the curvature of the planet and the sun beaming from behind.
III - Dance of the Spiral Galaxies
The rip-roaring finale showcases the soloist's flair and rhythm with a driving pulse from the first note to the last, climaxing in a grand reprise of the first movement. An opening theme played in the solo line, which is then repeated through several instruments, forms the backbone of the movement as it is developed and changed from new ideas and textures.
Jonathan Bates
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