for woodwind octet (picc.fl.ob.corangl.cl.bcl.bn.cbn)

duration: 3 minutes

Faber Music publishing details, also available in version for clarinet in Bb and piano, and soprano saxophone and piano

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Audio

(soprano sax and piano version, performed J. Nightingale, K. Yong)

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Programme Notes

Siegfried Interlude No. 2 was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for first performance at the launch of their 2000 Season. It uses some of the themes from Act II of Wagner’s Siegfried, including Siegfried’s “Nothung” cries and the woodbird’s theme. It can perhaps best be described as Siegfried meets Purple Haze.

notes by Matthew Hindson.

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CD Recording Available?

Not at this time.

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Other Information

• Photo of Siegfried that was an inspiration for this piece.

source: http://www.blb-karlsruhe.de/blb/images/nibelungen/dia/kat-siegfried.jpg