Secret Ceremonials (2013, rev. 2025)

Chamber
Written By Tobias Patrick Wolf

Alto Saxophone (or Clarinet in Bb) & String Quartet

Duration:
6′

First Performance:
03 May 2025
Outwith Ensemble, Lewis Banks (saxophone), King’s Pavilion, Aberdeen, UK

Score

Programme note

Secret Ceremonials is essentially a set of theme and variations, but rather than varying a given melody, here different textures, fragments and motifs are taken apart and put back together in a variety of different ways. The work is also an exploration of a very rigid harmonic design with each ‘variation’ starting from the same harmonic point and traversing the same distance, but in a different fashion.

PAC

Tobias Patrick Wolf

Tobias is an award-winning German conductor and composer based in North East Scotland. He is Music Director of the renowned King’s Studio Orchestra (Scotland), the Braeside Singers (Aberdeen) and Principal Guest Conductor of the German Winds. Tobias is PhD researcher at the University of Aberdeen, exploring hybrid composition and performance practice. Sought after as guest conductor for ensembles around the globe, he brings new music to life — for audiences in the concert hall, on radio and television, and across multi-platform online streaming services.

https://www.tpwolf.com
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