DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS PERFORMANCE PORTFOLIO ...

SECOND PREMEIRE PERFORMANCE - THE CRIES OF LONDON - ELLERBY
The second of my premiere performances, Cries qfLondoll, Ellerby [2005],
took place at St John's, Smith Square, London 13'h September
2005, performed by the
Coldstream Guards Band condu6ted by their Director of Music. The Coldstream
Guards, as part of their continuing commissioning programme, commissioned Martin
Ellerby to write Cries ofLondon to celebrate the band's two hundred and twenty years
of continued service to both state and regiment from the bands home base in London.
Whilst the regiment has always been posted, and based, on duty around the world the
band has always remained in London supporting state ceremonial and when possible,
visiting the regiment wherever it may be stationed.
After lengthy and detailed discussions with the composer, it was decided the
work should be in a series of short movements depicting various scenes and events in
London, using occasional elements of music associated
with both the regiment and
state ceremonial in London.
Cries ofLondon consists of the following movements:
1. Dawn Watch
2. Westminster Chimes
3. A Dream or Two (A Song for London)
4. Catch that Catch Can
5. Evening Watch
6. Hymn
Composer and conductor worked closely from the outset of the commission with
the composer attending rehearsals in London as and when first drafts of movements
were ready for proofing. With a band such as the Coldstream Guards proof reading
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