Philip Dutton: La Cascade

This piece was written on the Composition and Performance Course in 2022 and performed in the Aldeburgh Festival in June 2023. The Composition and Performance Course is part of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme. More information here: brittenpearsar...
Phillip Dutton: "My composition is a setting of the poem ‘La Cascade’ by the French poet Robert Desnos, who played a key role in the development of the Surrealist movement. Upon reading the poem, I was equally struck by the beauty of the French language - in particular the flexibility offered by its vowels - and Desnos’s use of mysterious imagery and sensory language."
Matt Jolly: filmmaker
Jonathan Berman: conductor
Claire Booth: vocal tutor
Colin Matthews: composition mentor
Otis Enokido-Lineham: assistant conductor
Philip Dutton: composer
Beatrice Ferreira: composer
Sun Keting: composer
Marcello Palazzo: composer
Marcus Rock: composer
Sasha Scott: composer
McKenzie Warriner: soprano
Katie Macdonald: mezzo-soprano
Phoebe Rayner: mezzo-soprano
Elicia Neo: violin
Tiago Soares: Silva violin
Miguel Sobrinho: viola
Alasdair Morton-Teng: cello
Richard English: bass
Hannah Gillingham: flute
Tommy Hill: oboe
Raymond Brien: clarinet
Emily Newman: bassoon
George Strivens: horn
Tom Kearsey: trumpet
Kalun Leung: trombone
Tom Hall: percussion
Lise Vandersmissen: harp
Rob Hao: piano / celeste
David Palmer: piano /celeste / harmonium

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Thanks for a fantastic performance! Love this setting of a great poem.