A live performance by Eynsford Concert Band
The Speed of Heat – Julie Giroux – Eynsford Concert Band (Live Recording)
A live recording from our ‘Feel the heat’ concert at the Space, Sevenoaks, UK on Sunday 27th April 2025.
Notes from the publisher: The Speed of Heat is a musical depiction of the adventures of a fighter pilot, specifically an F-22 Raptor pilot. Rambunctious and daredevilish in nature, this work takes the listener through a series of events which are all based on fighter pilot “slang”. Even the title is pilot slang for Warp One, or very, very fast.
The opening is “The F-22 Raptor” itself and from there we go on an adventure in musical sections as follows:
01:10 “Fangs Out” – When a pilot is hot for a dogfight.
01:30 “Let’s Dance” – Targets are sighted and we are in active pursuit.
02:55 “Padlocked” & “Beaded Up” – “Padlocked” – To have a Bogey firmly in your sights. “Beaded Up” – Worried or excited
03:55 “Heater Shpanked” & “Flashbacks” – “Heater” is a heat-seeking missile. “Shpanked” is soundly getting defeated in a dogfight. “Flashbacks” is the musical description of the pilot seeing his life flash in front of him in slow motion.
05:17 “NFOD” & “Punch Out” – “NFOD” – No Fear Of Death. “Punch Out” – eject.
06:58 Back in a “Zoombag” – After a near death experience, the pilot gets back into his “flight suit.”
07:50 “The Speed of Heat” – Let’s just see how fast we can go.
09:28 “Breaking the Sound Barrier” – in this section the brass represent the sound barrier and the woodwinds depict the Raptor.
09:45 “GAP” – Gauges all pinged (at max).
