a music theatre work for orchestra and 3 groups of young people (min.25 per group)
3-0 – 3-3-3-0 – 4 perc, vib – hp, cel, str
30’ 00” duration 1979
Commissioned by Essex Youth Orchestra
August 1979 Aldeburgh, Essex Youth Orchestra, Graham Treacher, then 30th September at Riverside Studios, London
Hoyland’s orchestral imagination is considerable and his obvious enjoyment of the physical impact of sound is ideally suited to the enthusiasms of young players. Xingu works.
Richard Bernas, Financial Times, Oct 1979
And who could forget the blue butterfly?