Composition, World Premiere, Instrumentation
The Imp of the Perverse was composed in London between 30 October and 10 December 1992. Contrary to his usual methods, Ching worked straight into full score by sustaining the initial burst of inspiration for several weeks, almost in a trance-like state akin to automatic writing, and without recourse to sketches or outlines of any kind. Originally scored for chamber orchestra, the work was rewritten for substantially larger forces when the Jeunesses Musicales World Youth Orchestra under Woldemar Nelsson premiered it on 19 July 1995. In this form, prepared in London from 16 February to 17 March 1995, the instrumentation is for piccolo, 2 flutes/piccolo II, 2 oboes, English horn/oboe III, 2 clarinets/Eb clarinet, bass clarinet/clarinet III, 2 bassoons, double bassoon/bassoon III, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, timpani, 3 percussionists, and strings.
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