Flyting: a Concert Suite

This is the second of four movements from the Flyting Concert Suite.  This piece starts with an elegy for Low D Scots Whistle, followed by a a duet for Soprano and Bass with strings and, piano, celeste and percussion and is an imagining of the final moments of the life of the early 19th century explorer, Mungo Park's life.

02 - At Boussa Falls(1)

This is the third and forth and final movement from the Flyting Concert Suite. Flyting takes its name from of 16th century performance poetry, akin to modern rap. Flyting as a movement itself is an instrumental work for the whole orchestra but featuring Scots low D whistle which segues into a setting of William Soutar's poem, "The Waterfall" 

03 - Flyting segue into The Waterfall(1)

This is the first of four movements for the Flyting Concert Suite. The piece is about Mungo Park, the early 19th century Scottish African explorer, and sets his words drawn from his journals and letters home.

01 - Mungo's Journey(1)

Composer, Producer and Director working in opera

Flyting: a Concert Suite

matthewrooke