“It’s because of this class thing... I just have a real ingrained antagonism to middle-class things. I hate petty pretentions, stupid rules, everything that’s expected of you. I am arrogant, but it’s about the establishment, about what people will do for just one little performance at the Proms; about all these fucking brown-nosed composers who never say anything because they so desperately want to keep in with the BBC or the Aldeburgh Festival or whatever. And that’s why everything they write is meaningless as far as I’m concerned...”

Steve Martland, interviewed in 1997 by Phil Johnson for The Independent

Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute
Clarinet in Bb (dbl. Clarinet in Eb)
Bass Clarinet
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2 (dbl. Tenor Saxophone)
Baritone Saxophone 
Horn in F 
Trumpet in Bb 1, 2, 3 
Tenor Trombone 1, 2, 3 
Tuba 1, 2 
Percussion 1, 2 (Vibraphone, Marimba, Crotales, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Cymbal)
Piano

Duration
12 Minutes 

​Dedication
Written for and Commissioned by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Alternative Orchestra 2024.

Premiere
Premiere as part of Alternative Orchestra 2024 in the Bradshaw Hall at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on the 19th of January.