Description
Premiered by the RNCM Brand New Orchestra in Manchester, UK on May 4th 2022, conducted by Lauren Wasynczuk.
A version of this piece for string quartet is also available here.
Programme Note –
The world can often leave people feeling a severe lack of agency or control in their lives. This might be financially, personally, or wider socially or politically. Over time this can lead to a great sense of tiredness with the way things are. The recent internet phenomenon of the “Ok Boomer” meme being a prime example of this, the dejected sigh of a whole generation fed up with the status quo but too beaten down and drained of energy to go on arguing about it. This piece portrays some of this emotional journey, and the ways in which people might attempt to come to terms with their lot in life or the way the world is.
