Instrumentation

picc.2 fl.3 ob. Ebcl.cl.bcl.asax.3 bsn(III=cbsn) - 4 hn.4 tpt.3 trbn.euph.tuba - perc(4): 6 splash.cym/ride cym/3 SD/2 hi-hat/3 BD/xylo/glsp/crot - pno (elec or acoustic) - elec bass or stg bass

Availability

Score and parts for hire

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Programme Notes

During the composition of the Metropolis Symphony, I created a work inspired by another foe of Superman: Bizarro (created by Lex Luthor's duplicating ray) is an imperfect copy of Superman, with spiky black hair and Frankenstein-like features. My nine-minute composition Bizarro is scored for woodwinds, large brass section, piano, electric bass, and a sizable percussion battery that includes three rock and roll drummers. Bizarro inhabits a musical world without strings, and revels in the brash energies of rock and big band jazz, propelled on his course by a fast tempo and rhythmic excitement. Melodic fragments coalesce, contrapuntally, into a swinging yet menacing little theme that is previewed by the flutes and piccolo, taken up by a solo trumpet, and finally peformed in a virtuoso canon for three trombones and four trumpets. Volume and intensity keep building as the monstrous Bizarro careens out of control.

Bizarro

St Cyprian's Clarence Gate (London, United Kingdom)

Bloomsbury Chamber Orchestra/Michael Turner

Bizarro

Adelaide Festival Centre (Adelaide, SA, Australia)

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra/Sexton

Bizarro

Adelaide Festival Centre (Adelaide, SA, Australia)

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra/Sexton

Bizarro

Adelaide Festival Centre (Adelaide, SA, Australia)

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra/Sexton

Bizarro

Adelaide Festival Centre (Adelaide, SA, Australia)

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra/Sexton