“all glitter and shimmer and dyspeptic brass, opulent and highly stylised.”
(At the Speed of Stillness)
Anna Picard, The Independent
Orchestral
At the Speed of Stillness (2011/12)
Commissioned by the BBC Proms 2012, for Sir Mark Elder and the Aldeburgh World Orchestra (AWO)
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BBC Radio 3 recording from the BBC Proms, 29th July 2012
“… in the daring flights of the opening solo cadenza, deftly shaping and recharging the work’s energies; in the beautifully imagined shimmerings, trillings and pulsings with woodwind, harp and percussion; and in the dying fall of the work as it slowly unwinds to stillness.”
(Caught in Treetops, violin concerto)
Hilary Finch, The Times
Chamber music
Vocal
