The Lake and the Hinterland
for symphonic
wind orchestra (2000)
picc. 6fl. 2ob. 9cl. 2bass cl. 2bsn 2as
2ts bs 2.3.3.1 timp+3
duration: 5’
GRT • 067
score available from
Reed Music
program note
Stay close
now as winter's
White fuse burns across
The lake and the hinterland
(excerpt from Late
Autumn Lullaby by
Ross Baglin)
A hinterland is a district behind a coast,
or river's banks with the suggestion of sparse population.
The full text to Baglin's poem is one I had already set for
voice, and the resonance of that setting continues in this
piece. Originally for solo cello and piano, this
arrangement for symphonic winds is dedicated to Alastair
McKean who asked me to write something for the Alexander
Symphonic Wind Band at Border Music Camp, Albury.