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- Elizabeth Maconchy
Life Story (1985)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Commissioned by the Peterborough String Orchestra
Programme Note
Life Story
The title should not be taken too literally: the piece does not open with the pangs of birth nor end with the pangs of death. It is more a reflection about life- my life, I suppose. It is dominated by the seriousness of the central slow movement, but there is room for fantasy, too, in the first movement, for light-heartedness in the scherzo and forthright decision in the finale.
LIFE STORY was commissioned by the Peterborough String Orchestra with funds provided by Eastern Arts.
Elizabeth Maconchy December 1985
The title should not be taken too literally: the piece does not open with the pangs of birth nor end with the pangs of death. It is more a reflection about life- my life, I suppose. It is dominated by the seriousness of the central slow movement, but there is room for fantasy, too, in the first movement, for light-heartedness in the scherzo and forthright decision in the finale.
LIFE STORY was commissioned by the Peterborough String Orchestra with funds provided by Eastern Arts.
Elizabeth Maconchy December 1985