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The music of Rob Keeley - born in south Wales in 1960 but immersed in London musical life since boyhood - embraces a wide range of influences. Stravinsky's angular melodies and Tippett's buoyant rhythms can be heard in the spiky but bucolic Second Symphony. Keeley readily confesses to an allegiance to Gallic Neo-Classicism in his Flute Concerto and, more surprisingly, reveals a taste for Telemann as the inspiration behind his Triple Concerto, with the 'Enigma' Variations of 'my beloved Elgar' acting as a model for Keeley's own recent set of orchestral variations. Among the factors unifying these eclectic stimuli into an individual musical language are a concern for textural clarity and lightness of touch, a fondness for dance and a hint of good humor. Album Tracks 1. Symphony No. 2~I. Allegro molto 2. Symphony No. 2~II. Scherzo Allegro con brio 3. Symphony No. 2~III. Adagio molto 4. Symphony No. 2~IV. Allegro molto 5. Flute Concerto~I. Andantino 6. Flute Concerto~II. Adagio - Allegro molto 7. Triple Concerto for two oboes, cor anglais and strings~I. Allegro molto 8. Triple Concerto for two oboes, cor anglais and strings~II. Scherzo Presto 9. Triple Concerto for two oboes, cor anglais and strings~III. Andante con moto, misurato - Andante, quasi una sarabanda - Presto 10. Variations for Orchestra~Theme Andante moderato 11. Variations for Orchestra~Variation 1 Allegro 12. Variations for Orchestra~Variation 2 Stesso tempo 13. Variations for Orchestra~Variation 3 Lo stesso tempo 14. Variations for Orchestra~Variation 4 Meno mosso 15. Variations for Orchestra~Variation 5. Allegro 16. Variations for Orchestra~Variation 6 Quarter Note = 144 17. Variations for Orchestra~Variation 7 Slower 18. Variations for Orchestra~Variation 8 Allegro vivace 19. Variations for Orchestra~Variation 9 Allegro 20. Variations for Orchestra~Va