Works

1st movement
2nd movement
3rd movement
cadência
4th movement

Instrumentation (detailed)

Soloists	Accordeon
Winds and Brass	Flute, Oboe, French Horn, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bassoon, 2 Horn, Trumpet in C
Strings (plucked / bowed)	4 First Violins, 4 Second Violins, 3 Viola, 3 Cello, 1 Double Bass

Performer(s)

Wandering from clime to clime is a concert for accordion and chamber orchestra. The title is a quotation taken from The Odyssey in Alexander Pope's English translation (1725) and was chosen to reflect the journey that the music undertakes in trying to integrate an instrument often associated with popular music or dance - or even with the Paris Metro! - into the world of contemporary classical music. There are four movements: the first three gradually become faster; after a solo cadenza, the last movement is the slowest and longest. The concerto is based on a single melodic idea which, with various transformations, provides the musical material for the entire work. Wandering from clime to clime is dedicated to accordionist Gonçalo Pescada, who completed his doctorate on contemporary music for the accordion under the guidance of conductor Christopher Bochmann about ten years ago.

Christopher Bochmann

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Wandering from clime to clime	Premiere	2023/Jun/03		Teatro das Figuras	Faro	Portugal	Gonçalo Pescada (accordion) Orquestra do Algarve Christopher Bochmann (conductor)	Notes