Composition date: 1997
Instrumentation: trumpet and electronics
Length: 17 minutes
Funding credit: Arts Council Electroacoustic bursary
Premiere:
Date: June 1997
Venue: West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Performers: Anthony Aarons, the composer
Piece Description:
The Bronze Horseman is a narrative poem by Pushkin, which describes a young man struggling against the overwhelming power of a terrible flood in St Petersburg. The famous bronze statue of Peter the Great on horseback remains implacable and unyielding against the rising flood while Pushkin’s hero, Yevgeny is tormented and confused.
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