Pacific Concerto (reduction for Tuba & Piano)
This new concerto for tuba was written in memory of the English tuba player and teacher Richard Elliott, who died unexpectedly on July 27th 2014 while on a trainspotting trip in Switzerland.
The work is in a conventional classical three-movement form. The finale contains quotations from some of the dedicatee’s favourite composers, and the numbers 4-6-2 (the “Pacific” wheel arrangement on certain locomotives) can be heard from time to time throughout.
If you would like to hear more than the very brief excerpts available on this page, a complete computer-generated recording of the orchestral version is available at
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yck2ejfi4fuho3y/ORCH%20IIIF.zip?dl=0