Composition date: 1997
Instrumentation: flt, ob, clt, trpt, hn, trbn, kbd, pno, vln, vlc, bs, sampler, electronics
Length: 21 minutes
Funding credit: The Michael Vyner Trust
Premiere:
Date: April 1999
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
Performers: The London Sinfonietta, Martyn Brabbins
Piece Description:
A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder.: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons…. - Joseph Campbell
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