(2024)
for four string orchestras
Duration 11 minutes
Based on the opening bars of the final movement of J.S. Bach’s Johannespassion, Sov Godt (for Pål) for four string orchestras is a meditation on rest, recuperation, love and hope. It was written at a difficult time when my family has been unable to be together and when my grandson Pål has been extremely unwell – the music brings together many emotions.
(2010, 2016, 2023)
for orchestra (strings, flutes & piccolos)
Duration: 11’11”
In autumn is a piece for string orchestra with flutes and piccolos. It is an evocation of a woodland scene in late autumn in the pre-Appenini mountains of central Italy, specifically an area named Forca d’Acero which is a high mountain pass (1500m) on the border between Lazio and Abbruzzo: an evocative woodland landscape.
For two clarinets and small string orchestra, Altopiano is a quiet meditative piece.
Instrumentation – 2 clarinets in Bb, violins (6), violas (2), violoncellos (2) and double bass (1)
Duration – circa 5 minutes
Composition July – August 2020
Score and parts available on request