Sparking & Slipping

Sparking & Slipping is a virtuosic showpiece for violin, with an accompagnato group of piano, harp & (mostly tuned) percussion. Its first and last sections are based around an obsessive, dance-like theme, while the central section sees the violin sculpt an extended, lyrical, melodic line. The piano, harp and percussion generally act together as one large resonating chamber for the violin – with the exception of a significant piano solo in the work’s second half.

Instrumentation:

solo violin, piano, harp & percussion (glsp/vib/crot/tam-t)

Duration:

11 mins

Commission:

Written for Sarah Hill

Performances:

31 October 2014

Darragh Morgan (violin) & students from Royal College of Music, Tom Coult (cond.)

Royal College of Music, London, UK

 

11 September 2014

Sarah Hill (violin), Anne Denholm (harp), Hannah Ely (piano) & Henry Fynn (percussion), Tom Coult (cond.)

Trinity College of Music, London, UK

World premiere