Inventions

Notes

These seven short two-part compositions were written between 21 and 27 March 2020, the beginning of the initial UK lockdown period in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Each piece is governed by a
musical restriction of some kind. Within this, the musical materials find ways to be inventive, at times testing the boundaries, and breaking the rules. These are pieces that can be performed on any type of keyboard instrument with the range of 5-octave FF-f’’’, including most historical keyboards. This set has also been arranged for any combination involving violin, viola and cello.

First performed on 22 April 2020 in an online streamed concert on various keyboard and string instruments by: Prach Boondiskulchok, Terence Charlston, James Johnstone, Jenna Sherry and Michael Unterman.

First live performance in an arrangement for strings at the Dante Festival (UK) and the Hirondelle Festival (France) in August 2020 by: Konrad Elias-Trostmann, Alinka Rowe, Vladimir Waltham, Yuko Hara and Joëlle Martinez.