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After the Clifton Parker Award afforded him the opportunity to study with Alison Kay and Simon Holt at the Royal College of Music, London, he moved to New York to complete his Master’s with Susan Botti at the Manhattan School of Music, where in 2017 he won the Manhattan Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eAndrew enjoys working with a wide range of ensembles and his works have been performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Enigma \u0026amp; Kristian Winther Quartets, the Australian and Sydney Youth Orchestras, Voces8, the Song Company, the Omega Ensemble and Moorambilla Voices, where he has been composer-in-residence six times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour purchase of this\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDIGITAL\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003efile allows\u003cstrong\u003e ONE download \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e ONE PRINT ONLY per purchase.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. 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There are only a few baroque examples (which were really written for recorder) and a smattering of recent works. When Andrew Macleod, Principal Piccolo for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra suggested I write him a concerto, I immediately thought it was a great idea. And having heard Andrew's playing, I was convinced of the overriding artistic merits, not just the practicality of adding to a small body of works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe piccolo has, of course, the great advantage of being able to cut through loud orchestral textures, yet it also has many more possibilities not often explored in the orchestral repertoire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis concerto is in two movements. The first movement is simply titled \"Hymn\". Throughout this movement I have used fragments of \"Love Unknown\" a hymn tune by English composer John Ireland. 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An understated and slightly saddened version of John Ireland's hymn is stated in full for the first time at the end of the piece in the lower strings, climbing through the upper registers at last reaching the solo piccolo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe second movement, Scherzo (which is Italian for 'joke' although in musical terms connotes a fast-moving, humorous piece) is subtitled \"Wheels within Wheels\" suggesting material that moves simultaneously at different speeds. The initials of \"wheels within wheels\" - www - also hints at the impact of the information age and the sense of overwhelming speed at which our digital world operates. Furthermore, the Old Testament book of Ezekiel makes mention of a vision of the divine throne and four heavenly creatures with chariots of wheels within wheels. 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