LCO and Graham Fitkin awarded PRS New Music 20x12 commission for ‘Track to Track’
December 10, 2010
PRS for Music Foundation has announced that LCO has been awarded one of the New Music Commissions which will feature as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad as London hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Each New Music 20x12 commission will last 12 minutes and will be inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The London Chamber Orchestra will work with composer Graham Fitkin to produce 'Track to Track'. The piece, inspired by works like Benjamin Britten and WH Auden's ‘Nightmail’, will celebrate the journey of the Olympic Javelin Train taking passengers from Kings Cross to Stratford and back during the Olympics. The work will be set to a text by poet Glyn Maxwell and composed for ensemble and string orchestra.
For more information about the PRS New Music 20x12 commission click here.