John Maxwell Geddes

Scottish Music Centre

John Maxwell Geddes - Catalogue

Catalogue


Trouble With Tritons, The (2002)
 Programme Note available
John Maxwell Geddes
First performance:
Mark O' Keeffe, Tron Theatre, Glasgow, 28 Feb 2003

Work Details

Category: instrumental solo
Instrumentation: Tp

SMC Holdings

   Score : Periwinkle Productions / Location: ref library   [enquire]
   Recording / Location: sound archive - YELLOW   [enquire]
   Score : Periwinkle Productions / Location: archive collection   [enquire]
   Recording / Location: on order   [enquire]
Programme Note

The Tritons were Charioteers of Poseidon; a solitary triton struggles to control rearing horses on the pediment of the Clydeport Building, Broomielaw, Glasgow. A conch shell summons the horses; some angry exchanges between Triton and horses ensue, followed by a quotation from the ancient Cantus Neptunius "Bullae semper anhelo" lead to a final section where a very bad tempered Triton vents his anger.

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