Instrumentation

ca - 2vln - 2vla - 2vlc

Availability

Score and parts for hire

Programme Notes

An alternative title might have been ‘Lake Greifen’, after the Robert Walser story. The narrator swims in a small hidden lake. What will such a swim be like when the lake is dark and the sky full of stars? William Gass wrote,’The story says no more (the story is over), but we can guess the rest, including the prose for the missing part: calm as slate, composed of starlight, water, and death.’ 'Quiddities' was commissioned by the Britten Sinfonia.

© John Woolrich

Quiddities

Kings Place (London, United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia

Quiddities

Assembly House (Norwich, United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia

Quiddities

Town Hall (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia

Quiddities

Wigmore Hall (London, United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia

Quiddities

West Road Concert Hall (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Britten Sinfonia