My first string quartet responds to the Thomas Hardy poem Afterwards and is written for and with the Ligeti Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean (there is an optional mezzo-soprano part). Creation of the piece was funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists 2020. It was premiered in May 2022 at Bristol New Music and Stoke Newington Contemporary Music Festival (version with m-s).
This quartet is a sister piece to my song cycle Elegies for Emma and is part of a larger Thomas Hardy project that we are developing. We are currently fund-raising and making plans for a recording and tour in 2023 - see this page for more details.
Below is a live recording from Stoke Newington Contemporary Music Festival, May 2022. Performed by the Ligeti Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean.
This quartet is a sister piece to my song cycle Elegies for Emma and is part of a larger Thomas Hardy project that we are developing. We are currently fund-raising and making plans for a recording and tour in 2023 - see this page for more details.
Below is a live recording from Stoke Newington Contemporary Music Festival, May 2022. Performed by the Ligeti Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean.