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Blood on the floor
No full textFor four jazz soloists and large ensemble, duration 80 minutes:
I) Blood on the Floor (Prologue); II) Junior Addict; III) Shout; IV) Sweet and Decay; V) Needles; VI) Elegy for Andy; VII) Cut Up; VIII) Crackdown; IX) Dispelling the Fear.
This work was co-commissioned by Ensemble Modern, the South Bank Centre for the Royal Festival Hall, Kölner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Wien and supported by the Siemens Kulturprogramm and the British Council.
The completed work was first performed on 30 May 1996 by John Scofield (electric guitar), Peter Erskine (drum kit), Martin Robertson (saxophones) and Ensemble Modern conducted by Peter Rundel.
Audio and video recordings are available: For the audio recording (Argo/Decca 4789592) see https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8145276--turnage-blood-on-the-floor, and for a Gramophone review see https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/turnage-blood-on-the-floor-0. For the DVD (Arthaus Musik 100 430) see https://arthaus-musik.com/en/dvd/music/concert/media/details/Blood_on_the_Floor.html and for a review see https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/turnage-blood-on-the-floor.
The audio recording is available on YouTube, for the first 3 sections see the video tab below
Dispelling the fears
No full textDouble concerto for two trumpets and orchestra, duration 20 minutes, after a painting by Heather Betts.
This work was commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Eastern Orchestral Board with financial assistance from the Arts Council of England.
It was first performed on 29 October 1995 by Håkan Hardenberger and John Wallace (solo trumpets) with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding at the Corn Exchange, Bedford. It has since been performed in Japan, Australia and the USA, with the most recent performance given in Munich in 2019 by soloists Philip Cobb and Gábor Tarkövi, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle.
A recording is available (Decca 4788356/Argo 4525982) by Håkan Hardenberger, John Wallace, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Daniel Harding see https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8075769--turnage-your-rockaby and https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8082780--turnage-your-rockaby-night-dances-dispelling-the-fears.
This recording is also available on YouTube (see the video tab below).
An abridged, 15-minute version of this work is used as the final movement of 'Blood on the Floor' (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1960/)
Gelsomina
No full textFor piccolo (and low woodblock) and percussion (glockenspiel), duration 2 minutes. This piece was premiered on 19 February 2019 by by Caitlyn Valovick-Moore (piccolo) and Keith Carrick (percussion) at Utah University School of Music as part of the Libby-Live series of concerts. An audio recording of this performance is available on the composer's website at the 'Official URL' link below
A short procession
No full textFor piano trio (violin, cello and piano), duration 9 minutes.
This work was co-commissioned by the Moritzburg and Rye festivals and was written in memory of two friends of the composer. It was premiered on 21 August 2004 by Jan Vogler (cello), Benjamin Schmid (violin) and Alfredo Perl (piano) at Schloß, Moritzburg
A slow pavane
No full textFor piano trio (violin, cello, and piano), duration 5 minutes. This piece was commissioned by the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Beaux Arts Trio, who gave its premiere on 25 August 2005.
A recording is available by Chamber Domaine on Resonus Classics (RES10106), see https://www.resonusclassics.com/turnage-constant-obsession. This recording is also available on YouTube, see the video tab below
An aria (with dancing)
No full textFor solo trumpet, duration 4 minutes.
This work was premiered on 1 October 2004 by John Wallace OBE at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow.
A recording is available by Mark O'Keeffe on Delphian Records (DCD34049-CD), see https://www.delphianrecords.com/products/dcd34049
Three animal songs
No full textFor baritone and piano, texts by Stevie Smith, Thomas Hardy and Walt Whitman, duration 7 minutes. Three songs as follows: I) The Singing Cat (text by Stevie Smith); II) Mourned (text from Last Words to a Dumb Friend by Thomas Hardy); III) Last Words (text from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman).
This work was premiered on 2 October 2000 by Gerald Finley (baritone) and Julius Drake (piano) at the Wigmore Hall, London. A performance given by Gerald Finley with Antonio Pappano (piano) at the Royal Opera House in 2020 is available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhnGXyvpClk (beginning 47:13)
