Road Works (solo percussion & ensemble)

Instrumentation: solo prc. - 2/4 prc.

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Programme Note

When I first moved to Manchester at the age of sixteen I lived directly beside the large carpark where the Urbis Centre currently stands. For the duration of my time there however this area was a building site and so, for two years, the sounds of hammering metal and the rhythms of machinery dominated my world.

Having recently arrived in Manchester from a very quiet rural area this soundtrack was completely new to me and, as a response, I wrote this virtuosic, but playful, percussion solo.

‘Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!
That’s one thing he hated!
The NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!’

How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Dr. Seuss

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