Work

Programme Note

The formula for realising this work:

- take existing quartet (2010)
- delete guitar and cello parts
- rearrange and pare down surviving flute and clarinet parts
- add bass trombone part

Why?

- I’ve been interested in continuous recontextualisation of materials (transformed or unchanged) within single works for some time now; if I rip entire chunks from an existing piece and use them to build something else, to what extent is the resulting work new, and to what extent is it related? – and can this relatedness even be detected? Furthermore, is composing in my usual mode as dependent on such high levels of compositional struggle as I had previously held it to be?
- but primarily: this is the first work written since the arrival of my son about a year ago; time for composition remains limited and rapid solutions must be found

Chris Watson

Commissioned:

Requested by 175 East

Difficulty:

Advanced

Dedication:

for 175 East and the opening concert of the 30th running of the CANZ Nelson Composers Workshop

Performance History

	03 Jul 2011	Performed by 175 East – Ingrid Culliford (flute), Gretchen La Roche (B-flat clarinet), Tim Sutton (bass trombone), conducted by Samuel Holloway at Nelson School of Music, in Nelson
		175 East    Gretchen La Roche    Ingrid Culliford    Tim Sutton
	18 Nov 2012	Performed by 175 East, conductor Hamish McKeich at the Kenneth Myers Centre, Shortland Street, Auckland
		175 East    Gretchen La Roche    Hamish McKeich    Ingrid Culliford    Tim Sutton