E.G.G.
E.G.G. is an short work for large orchestra based on the Heneghan & Lawson song Easter Egg. It is an attempt to compose a piece in the tradition of works such as Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, or Paul Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice - the kind of colourful orchestral show-piece that typically might get programmed in a children's concert - particularly for Halloween.
I would be pleased to hear from anyone interested in giving the first performance of this piece. Perusal scores and demo CD available on request.
Duration: 6 mins
3 flutes (3 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, clarinet in Eb, clarinet in Bb, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon.
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba.
Timpani, 3 percussion players (glock, xylo, vibes, snare drum, bass drum, sus. cymbal, clash cymbal, wind chimes, agogo bell, claves) piano/celesta, harp, strings
On a distant continent
My uncle likes to ramble
Till he found a giant egg
He didn’t want to scramble
Uncle couldn’t find this egg
In any wildlife manuals
So he packed it carefully
In polystyrene granules
Uncle finds an egg
Sends it home to me
Stand it on my mantelpiece and watch it growing firmer
When I put my ear beside it I can hear it murmur
Something starts to move
Something starts to swell
Something starts to move
Underneath the shell
Lying on my bed last night
I dreamt that nothing mattered
In the morning I woke up
To find the egg had shattered
Now my dog has gone
Vanished in the night
Where has Rover gone?
Hope that he’s all right