Fizzin' Fury (2019)
(for orchestra)

Fizzin’ Fury is inspired by musical genres associated with moshing and upbeat movement. The fury side embraces the heaviness of doom metal, punk, and progressive rock, while the fizz captures the energy of electronic dance music, disco, and dixieland. At times, the mosh can be felt as an up and down movement or a side to side motion, with moments of slo-mo thrown in too.   Distorted chords combine to sound like overdriven guitar, while joyous strains of horns and winds try to break through.

There is proportionally more ‘fizz’ in the first half of the work. As the piece continues, it becomes darker and fractures, slipping into a swampy drone-led section, reminiscent of low pulsing synthesisers. Here, the flute solo sees an unlikely suspect take the lead, before being swallowed up by the rest of the orchestra. You’ll have to wait to hear what happens next. . . .

Holly Harrison