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Trouble With Tritons, The (2002)
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First performance: Mark O' Keeffe, Tron Theatre, Glasgow, 28 Feb 2003
Work Details
Category: instrumental solo
Instrumentation: Tp
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Programme Note
The Tritons were Charioteers of Poseidon; a solitary triton struggles to control rearing horses on the pediment of the Clydeport Building, Broomielaw, Glasgow. A conch shell summons the horses; some angry exchanges between Triton and horses ensue, followed by a quotation from the ancient Cantus Neptunius "Bullae semper anhelo" lead to a final section where a very bad tempered Triton vents his anger.
