ADRIAN SUTTON

COMPOSER
Montana Peaks - 10 players version
Montana Peaks - 10 players version

Montana Peaks - 10 players version

A Copland-esque tone poem with a rural Americana feel


Duration: 8 mins

Work no.: AS0036b

Year of composition: 2018

Forces: for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass

This piece is available in two forms: for small orchestra and for 10 players


Programme note

I’m not an American, but perhaps this piece is me pretending to be one - at the turn of the 20th century in the rural midwest.

Much of my music is concerned with lines, and how they interact.

On seeing a particularly impressive long-lens photo of mountains in Montana, I was struck by the same thing: multiple jagged and serrated outlines of the peaks, rising and falling and set in silhouetted relief against each other.

- Adrian Sutton