Length / Year
12' / 2001

Instrumentation
soprano saxophone and piano

Performance History
World Premiere
Machynlleth Festival
21st August 2001
Gerard McChrystal - saxophone
Dan Moriyama - piano

First Broadcast Performance
(Mobile 2) BBC Radio 3 - Morning Sequence
January 2002
Gerard McChrystal - saxophone
Dan Moriyama - piano

Subsequent Performances
Belfast Festival
31st October 2001
Gerard McChrystal - saxophone
Dan Moriyama - piano

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Programme Note
These three pieces are based on the same harmonic sequence as my work Transports. Their title is more than a reference to the earlier work however. The harmony is entirely diatonic and moves through a 36 chord sequence with the bass descending each time by a single step. Like a mobile, therefore, the essential stucture remains the same as the surface pattern changes.

The first and third pieces are bright and lively. The long central slow piece is lyrical and romantic in character and refers also to the jazz associations of the saxophone.

This piece was commissioned by Gwyl Machynlleth - Machynlleth Festival with funds made available in part by the Arts Council of Wales and was first performed on August 21st 2001 by Gerard McChrystal (saxophone) and Dan Moriyama (piano).

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