A collection of works for solo instruments, including guitar, piano, bass clarinet, cello, viola and more
The viola soloist becomes an ensemble through looping, but in intricate ways that involve hockets and overlapping harmonics.
Capturing a particular instance seared in the memory from walking to primary school on a sunlit spring day, this short work is a meditative reflection on the fleeting moments that make up our lives. Robert Davidson was commissioned by 4MBS Festival of Classics to compose this duo for Jonny Ng and Fern Ong, who play it here in a loungeroom recording.
This piece jumps all over the range of the very flexible bass clarinet, in an attempt to make a single instrument sound like a group.
Solo improvised concert by the composer on double bass
A piano with digital delay transforms a single note into a dense tapestry of sound.