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For the concert platform, Talbot has composed widely for major orchestras, soloists and vocal groups. Works for large ensembles have included the trumpet concerto Desolation Wilderness for Alison Balsom and the RLPO, and the 60-minute à cappella choral work Path of Miracles for Nigel Short’s Tenebrae. Talbot’s madrigal The Wishing Tree for The King’s Singers and Sneaker Wave for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales were both commissioned by the BBC Proms. In 2004 he was appointed Classic FM’s inaugural Composer-in-Residence. Talbot’s music has appealed to some of Europe’s leading choreographers, including Royal Ballet resident choreographer Wayne McGregor, with whom he collaborated on Entity for Random Dance; Genus (co-written with LA musician Deru) for the Paris Opera Ballet; and on Chroma for the Royal Ballet. This latter work is choreographed to Talbot’s arrangements of songs by The White Stripes from the album Aluminium, conceived by XL Recordings founder Richard Russell. The full-length Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a co-commission between The Royal Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada, was Talbot’s second collaboration with Christopher Wheeldon, whose work Fool’s Paradise for Morphoses was choreographed to Talbot’s The Dying Swan. Tide Harmonic was written for a dance collaboration with choreographer Carolyn Carlson and the Orchestre National de Lille, originally entitled Eau. 2011 saw Talbot undertake a number of projects across concert and screen platforms, including a work based on the Purcell Chacony in G Minor, commissioned by the BBC for their 2011 Proms season for performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. |
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Joby Talbot’s compositional aesthetic threads through his classical and concert works; collaborations with major contemporary choreographers; and scores for the screen.
