Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
It is thought that the first music ever written down came from a monastery - but so did Kate Moore's 'Blue Light Sphere', which premiered in 2025!
The latest in our 50 Fanfares project, which we performed in our recent performances of Mozart & Bruckner, Moore explains the story behind the work, how she was influenced by wave-particle motion, and her excitement at writing for the orchestra that she grew up with.
It is thought that the first music ever written down came from a monastery - but so did Kate Moore's 'Blue Light Sphere', which premiered in 2025!
The latest in our 50 Fanfares project, which we performed in our recent performances of Mozart & Bruckner, Moore explains the story behind the work, how she was influenced by wave-particle motion, and her excitement at writing for the orchestra that she grew up with.









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