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James Gardner  

Grauschlieren

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2003
for clarinet in A and string quartet

Neville Hall  

It Begins...

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1991
for chamber ensemble of four clarinets and violin

  • Instrumentation
    4 cl (sop., 2 B flat, bass)
  • Programme Note

    Although each of the nine miniatures that comprise this set is a self contained formal entity, there are strong cyclic elements, particularly in their rhythmic and harmonic make up. These correspondences are due to the fact that all of the pieces draw from the same pool of source material. The nine pieces are arranged symmetrically around the central solo violin cadenza. The lengths of the pieces have been carefully controlled to reinforce this symmetrical arrangement.

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Chris Watson  

tag (and release)

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 2012
for trombone and string quartet

  • Programme Note

    Tag: as in the children’s game; the soloist is ‘it’.

    Release: a release for the composer (and his performers) from previous modes of engagement with small ensemble music that have almost always required the services of a conductor. In this work perpetual, conventionally written soli are passed between the players. When not playing soli, musicians are reacting loosely to the solo line with a series of gestures; the soloist becomes a conductor of sorts.

    Tag and release: from recreational fishing, in the interests of research and conservation.

    The work is continuous but divided into three sections.

    soli 1-7: introductory (loose) palindrome
    soli 8-14: suddenly noise-based…gradual re-emergence of pitch
    soli 18-20: intensification

    With thanks to the MCL, the Silo String Quartet, Barrie Webb and Jack Body.

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Neville Hall  

the night recalls each flickering silence

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1997, r. 1998
for flute and string quartet

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