Running
Running Jumping and Standing Still (2014) Roger Marsh
The title of this piece is taken from The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film, an absurd eleven minute film in black and white made in 1960 by Richard Lester with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and others. It’s only really the title that interests me. I remember seeing the film when I was young and failing to understand what all the fuss was about. It’s not as funny or radical as you want it to be.
This is a piece in three movements, all describing physical actions:
1 Running Jumping and Standing Still
2 Descending
3 Rising
The piece was composed for James Whittle and the Late Music Ensemble and premiered in York in 2014.