O FUTURUM was commissioned by Contemporary Music for All in celebration of the charity’s 30th Birthday, with funds generously provided from subscribers to CoMA’s Commissioning and Friends of CoMA schemes.
The work is composed in Open-Score format which, unlike traditional orchestral works, means the instrumentation is not specifically fixed. Open-score works are designed to be played by any combination of instruments which means each performance has its own unique orchestral sound and colour.
O FUTURUM (“Oh Future!”) is in two-part form: Slow - Fast. Unfolding chordal textures are followed by an animated fanfare. The harmonies are derived from the musical implications of the first and last letters in the word CoMA, hence C major ultimately evolves harmonically into A major for the finale.
Stephen Montague
25 окт 2023
