The Red Machine (Graham)

[Brian Bowen]

Peter Graham's new piece "The Red Machine"* includes a sizeable chunk of his "The Last Amen". I wonder if there's some sort of thematic link or did Peter simply raid his filing cabinet for a ready-made theme (a la Handel)?

*Heard (in rather poor sound) on the Internet relay from the Gramercy Music 10th Anniversary Concert.

 

[drummerboy]

You know what he's like, all his stuff is getting all the same, ie, Latin section, slow cornet solo etc etc. Not surprised there was a section from the Last Amen.

 

[Accidental]

There's a pretty big chunk of his quartet Timepiece in there too!

Dyke played this in Dorking last week (the night after the Gramercy concert?) and I was really disappointed. It had some beautiful passages and all the style you'd expect from Peter Graham, but it all sounded just a bit too recycled for me.

 

[Ross Berry]

I have to agree. I thought the same when I listened to it last night.

I suppose if you have a winning formula that you might as well stick with it.

I remember Len Ballantine saying once that he learnt from Eric Ball's writing that if you come up with a good idea, don't waste it by only using it once.