Dolphin Dance

for chamber orchestra with steel pans

chamber orchestra

Edition: Performance material

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Written for the 2022 BBC Prom's "Ocean Adventure" family concert, Le Gendre's Dolphin Dance takes listeners on a vivid jounrey to the warm Caribbean sea to spot dolphins and explore how to protect the ocean. The ideas and instrumentation for the work were conceived in close collaboration between conductor Kwamé Ryan and the composer. The ocean is evoked by combining marimba and vibraphone with woodwind and double basses whilst a range of percussion instruments create sounds that symbolise the forest and elements along the seashore. A small ensemble of steel pans represent dolphins and the sea-creatures that call for our attention.

Adapted from a programme note by Dominique Le Gendre (2022).

Orchestral Cast

2(2.pic)1.ca.1.bcl.1-0.0.0.0-4perc(timp, glsp, vib, mar, tri, sus cym, 2tomtoms, mark-tree, wind chimes, rain stick, cabasa, shakers).tenor steel pan, 2 double-tenor steel pans-str(double basses only)

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Title:

Dolphin Dance

for chamber orchestra with steel pans

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2020

Duration:

3 ′

World Premiere:

July 23, 2022 · London (UK)
Royal Albert Hall
Navina Nallamuthu, tenor pan; Delphina James, double second pans; Elaine So, double second pans · Conductor: Kwamé Ryan · Southbank Sinfonia

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3