這首《巴里東協奏曲》是為贏得2005年BBC電視音樂大賽獎助金(Fame Academy Bursary)的巴里東演奏家卡特莉娜.馬捷拉(Katrina Marzella)所創作的協奏曲。作曲家馬汀.艾勒比(Martin Ellerby)在創作過程中與馬捷拉密切合作,致力將曲子打造成原汁原味的「巴里東協奏曲」,而非「偽裝」成前者的「上低音號協奏曲」。因此作曲家將銅管樂團中的上低音號類比為管弦樂團中的大提琴,巴里東則類比為中提琴,做為構思作品時區別兩者性格的核心概念。
蘇格蘭出身的英國作曲家葛拉姆(Peter Graham, 1958-)是當代首屈一指的銅管樂作曲家之一,為銅管樂團創作的《時間的本質》(The Essence of Time)、《蒙太奇》(Montage)、《地心之旅》(Journey to the Center of the Earth)等原創作品,曾多次被選作各種比賽的指定曲。
《命運之力》(Gaelforce)承襲自作曲家前作《凱爾特的呼喚》(Cry of the Celts)的風格,以三首愛爾蘭傳統民謠構成不中斷的三樂章作品:
Tableau 1: The Shrovetide Fair
00:06 Theme of the Peddlers' Cries
00:33 Theme of the Drunken Revelers – Russian Folk Song: Далалынь, далалынь!
01:30 Theme of the Organ-Grinder – Russian Folk Song: Под вечер, осенью ненастной
02:29 Theme of the Dancer (I) – French Chanson: La jambe en bois / Émile Spencer
03:22 Theme of the Dancer (II) – Russian Folk Song: Чудный месяц плывет над рекою
Tableau 1: The Magic Trick
04:38 Theme of the Old Magician
04:43 The Old Magician's Magic Flute
05:28 The Old Magician Brings the Puppets to Life
Tableau 1: Russian Dance
05:44 Russian Dance: Theme (I) – Russian Folk Song: Ай, во поле липенька
06:28 Russian Dance: Theme (II) – Russian Folk Song: Ой да я бежу, бежу по поженке
Tableau 2: Petrushka's Room
06:58 Petrushka Chord
Tableau 3: Waltz (The Ballerina and the Moor)
07:16 Waltz: Theme (I) – Viennese Waltz: Steyrische Tänze / Joseph Lanner
07:51 Waltz: Theme (II) – Viennese Waltz: Die Schönbrunner / Joseph Lanner
Tableau 4: The Wet-Nurses' Dance
08:34 Theme of the Wet-Nurses (I) – Russian Folk Song: Я вечор млада
09:54 Theme of the Wet-Nurses (II) – Russian Folk Song: Ах вы, сени, мои сени
10:46 Theme of the Peasant and the Bear – Дудка
11:32 Theme of A Reveling Merchant and Two Gypsy Women – Russian Folk Song: по улице мостовой шла девица
Tableau 4: Dance of the Coachmen and the Grooms
12:25 Theme of the Coachmen and the Grooms – Russian Folk Song: А снег тает, вода с крыши льется
Tableau 4: The Mummers
13:13 Dance of the Mummers and the Maskers – Russian Folk Song: А мы масленицу дожидаем