Ben Lunn
sonnet
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 2 2 0 0, timp, str
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
oboe
cor anglais
5th clarinet
6th clarinet
7th bassoon
8th bassoon
9th horn
10th horn
trumpet
11th trumpet
timpani
violin I (8 players)
violin II (8 players)
viola (6 players)
violoncello (4 players)
double bass (2 players)
sonnet
Work introduction
Commissioned by the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sonnet 'I like Bartulis' was written as an in memoriam to the Lithuanian composer Vidmantas Bartulis.
Bartulis was a composer who was a great influence and inspiration, and one of the many reasons why Ben Lunn studied in Vilnius. Throughout Bartulis' life he composed works with the common label of 'I like...', so it felt like a suitable nod to the composer to admit 'I like Bartulis'
What is necessary to perform this work?
Trumpet II - will need tuned down a quarter-tone.
Flute II, Cor Anglais, Clarinet II, and Bassoon II - will need a Tibetan singing bowl to strike