- Craig Armstrong
Themes & Variations (2009)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Based on Adagio E Staccato from Water Music by G.F. Handel
- 2222/2200/pf/str(8.6.4.4.3)
- Countertenor
- 10 min
- Gamble, Huff & Gilbert
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Craig Armstrong's Themes and Variations correctly identified the timbre and operatic character of the Adagio e staccato from Handel's Water Music, reworking the figures into glassy dissonance, but defused the impact by adding the lyrics of The Communards' hit, "Don't leave me this way", and a melody of Beethovenian contours.
27th September 2009