Harrison Birtwistle, "Endless Parade"

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Elgar Howarth, conductor
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
Paul Patrick, vibraphone

Inspired by a parade Birtwistle witnessed in Puccini's hometown of Lucca, the composer writes,

"I became interested in the number of ways you could observe this event: as a bystander, watching each float pass by, each strikingly individual yet part of a whole; or you could wander through side alleys, hearing the parade a street away, glimpsing at a corner, meeting head on what a moment before you saw from behind. Each time the viewpoint was different, yet instantly identified as part of one body."