The music of Rob Keeley - born in south Wales in 1960 but immersed in London musical life since boyhood - embraces a wide range of influences. Stravinsky's angular melodies and Tippett's buoyant rhythms can be heard in the spiky but bucolic Second Symphony. Keeley readily confesses to an allegiance to Gallic Neo-Classicism in his Flute Concerto and, more surprisingly, reveals a taste for Telemann as the inspiration behind his Triple Concerto, with the 'Enigma' Variations of 'my beloved Elgar' acting as a model for Keeley's own recent set of orchestral variations. Among the factors unifying these eclectic stimuli into an individual musical language are a concern for textural clarity and lightness of touch, a fondness for dance and a hint of good humor.

Tracklist:

Symphony No. 2: I. Allegro Molto
Symphony No. 2: II. Scherzo. Allegro Con Brio
Symphony No. 2: III. Adagio Molto
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro Molto
Flute Concerto: I. Andantino
Flute Concerto: II. Adagio - Allegro Molto
Triple Concerto: I. Allegro Molto
Triple Concerto: II. Scherzo. Presto
Triple Concerto: III. Andante Con Moto, Misurato
Variations For Orchestra: Theme. Andante Moderato
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 1, Allegro
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 2, Stesso Tempo
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 3, Lo Stesso Tempo
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 4, Meno Mosso
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 5, Allegro
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 6, Quarter Note Equals 144
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 7, Slower
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 8, Allegro Vivace
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 9, Allegro
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 10, Andantino
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 11, Vivace
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 12, Adagio
Variations For Orchestra: Var. 13, Presto
Variations For Orchestra: Passacaglia-Finale

UPC: 5060113444622
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 6.5.20
Format: CD

Keeley / Desbruslais / Mann - Orchestral Music (CD)