The Visitor – A Suite for Cello & Piano
Instrumentation – cello & piano
Duration – c.20′
Written in Brighton 2010-2013
First performed by Adam Swayne (piano) and Susie Winkworth (cello) on 25th April 2013 at Friend’s Meeting House, Brighton
Movements:
I – An Arrival… (Allegro)
II – 1st Interlude (A Premonition)
III – …Time Unfolds… (Ostinati)
IV – 2nd Interlude (A Memory)
V – …An Exit! (Vivace)
Dedicated to Tímea Johanna Németh. Originally borne from a composition game, and based on a melodic theme
of mine (of which only a distortion survives in the final suite, the original 1st movement having been abandoned).Broadly speaking, the suite explores simple pentatonic melodies in the contexts of polytonality and interrelated harmonic fields. Comprised of 3 movements, separated by 2 shorter musical interludes.