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For
string Quartet & String Orchestra
One
summer, whilst walking in the Dolomites, I came across a small village on a
Sunday. It was noon and the service had just finished. The bells of the church
started to ring, and it was the most fascinating sound I had heard bells make.
In general, ringing sounds easily impress me, and in particular bells, but the
space where the Dolomites bells were resonating was rather compact and the sound
bounced off old stone houses to become powerful clusters that lingered on. In
order to create a multi-dimensional sound, there is a string quartet, which is
presented in almost a concerto grosso way, against the cluster chords of the
body of the orchestra
Commissioned
by and written for the Orchestra of the Swan
First
Performance: 31st January 2005, Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon,
Nicholas Cleobury, Orchestra of the Swan
Duration:
c. 10’
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