Divertimento for Euphonium
Commissioned in 2009 by Lynsey Orr, a final-year student at the Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Divertimento, for Euphonium or Baritone with Piano accompaniment, is written in four distinct and individual movements each tailored to display a different characteristic of the solo instrument.
I. Intrada – traditional in style with a pompous melody line which conjures images of the English countryside.
II. Siciliana – a slow and melancholic movement, full of emotion and a hint of an Irish air.
III. Habanera – a rousing passionate movement written with technicality in mind.
IV. Rondo – a combination of jazz and traditional melodic influences, requiring dexterity from the soloist.