July 2003

Crystallisations

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Flute, Oboe & Viola, 11 minutes (a companion piece to Holst’s Terzetto)

Commissioned by the Cheltenham International Festival of Music with funds from South West Arts.

First performed by Endymion (Helen Keen, Melinda Maxwell and Asdis Valdimarsdottir) on Friday 4 July 2003 in the Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham.

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 10th July 2003.

The audio clip is of one of the “crystallizations” at the centre of the work. The performers are Endymion.

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Reviews

“I enjoyed the weird resonances of Crystallisations, with added microtones”

(Richard Morrison in The Times)