Sparrow (2020)
Details
Description: Solo double bass
Duration: 9'
Instrumentation: Db. (scordatura)
Commission: Written for Marianne Schofield, as part of the Riot Ensemble's 2020 Zeitgeist Commissions, in collaboration with Zeitgeist, the PRS Foundation and BBC Radio 3.
First performance: Yet to be performed live.
First broadcast: Radio 3, New Music Show, 15th August 2020
Score link
Recording: Recorded by Marianne Schofield
Programme Note
I wrote this piece during the 2020 COVID-19 Crisis. Isolating with my partner and three friends in a small flat, we often convened on a roof. It overlooks a busy train line, from which a sprawling buddleia grows, and a row of gardens. Between the high-backed Victorian houses and the railway line, these form a canyon ruled by small birds. It was funny to me to depict these tiny birds on such a large instrument. Of course, a sparrow is, to itself, perfectly large, and its flitting filled with drama.
This piece is dedicated to those friends, in thanks for my time at Maygrove Road.
Description: Solo double bass
Duration: 9'
Instrumentation: Db. (scordatura)
Commission: Written for Marianne Schofield, as part of the Riot Ensemble's 2020 Zeitgeist Commissions, in collaboration with Zeitgeist, the PRS Foundation and BBC Radio 3.
First performance: Yet to be performed live.
First broadcast: Radio 3, New Music Show, 15th August 2020
Score link
Recording: Recorded by Marianne Schofield
Programme Note
I wrote this piece during the 2020 COVID-19 Crisis. Isolating with my partner and three friends in a small flat, we often convened on a roof. It overlooks a busy train line, from which a sprawling buddleia grows, and a row of gardens. Between the high-backed Victorian houses and the railway line, these form a canyon ruled by small birds. It was funny to me to depict these tiny birds on such a large instrument. Of course, a sparrow is, to itself, perfectly large, and its flitting filled with drama.
This piece is dedicated to those friends, in thanks for my time at Maygrove Road.
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