In conversation with Martin Mortimer some time ago I mentioned that in the course of some background research for a project I had re-read his father Harry (HM's) autobiography, On Brass, and was struck by the possibility of a musical response to what was an extraordinary life. I thought no more about it until a telephone call from Martin a year later, inviting me to take up the challenge. The result is Dynasty, which takes the form of a Symphonic Poem, a musical form frst introduced to a ...