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 and the PRS Foundation.
First performance:
Score link
Recording:
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 and the PRS Foundation.
First performance:
Score link
Recording:
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.