Piano Trio (1934, reconstructed 1945, rev.1977) 20’
FP: 1935 Warsaw
Quintetto Accadèmico (1953, rev.1956) 7’
for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets and bassoon
Song to the Virgin Mary (1964) 13’
arranged for string sextet (1987)
FP of this version: 21 February 1990
Purcell Room, London Park Lane String Sextet
strings(1.1.2.2.0)
for original version see Vocal and choral works
String Quartet No.1 (1976) 20’
FP: 19 0ctober 1976 Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Aeolian Quartet
3997 Study score (with String Quartet No. 2)
String Quartet No.2 ‘Messages’ (1980) 20’
FP: 25 September 1980 St Asaph’s Cathedral, North Wales
The inspiration, and thereby the subtitle, comes from a childhood experience. “When I was 7 or 8 years old, on holiday in the country, my favourite pastime was to put my ear to the wooden telegraph poles and listen to sounds produced by the wires vibrating in the wind. After a while I became convinced that I was listening to real music — which retrospectively I think was my first experience of the creative process.”
“To hear a new string quartet which not only compels instant admiration but also seems perfectly in place between genial masterpieces by two of music’s Titans [Mozart and Beethoven] is rather exceptional.”
The Sunday Times
Music Festival Gabrieli Quartet
3997 Study score (with String Quartet No. 1)
String Quartet No.3 ‘Wycinanki’ (1990) 11’
FP: 15 April 1991 Barbican Hall, London Wihan Quartet
“In deference to the Polish folk art of symmetrical paper cuts “Wycinanki’ explores and exploits in each of the five movements, symmetries of melody, dynamics, rhythm and texture.”
Musical Times
String Sextet ‘Trains of Thought’ (1987) 12’
FP: 21 February 1988 Purcell Room, London
Park Lane String Sextet
strings(1.1.2.2.0)
Triangles (1972) 16’
for three flutes and three cellos
FP: 14 April 1972 BBC 2 Television
manuscript