March 2011
String Quartet No 1, ‘Montes’24 March 2011 at 1300Momenta QuartetRobeson GalleryRutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, NJ
String quartet No. 1 ‘Montes’
February 2010
Peregrine 16 February 2010 at 2000 Northern Sinfonia conducted by Peter WiegoldThe Sage Gateshead Hall TwoAlso in the programme: Olofsson, Rijnvos, Lang, CaskenTickets: £7 from The Sage GatesheadGateshead, UKNana del insomne (The Insomniac’s Lullaby)¡Oh Guitarra!19 February 2010 at 1930Recital RoomArmstrong BuildingNewcastle University+44 (191) 222 7636Newcastle upon Tyne, UKWounded AngelA to […]
Momenta in Newcastle!
Photograph by John GurrinI am thrilled to announce that the Momenta Quartet, unforgettable heroes of the première of of my String Quartet last year in Philadelphia, will be in Newcastle in the flesh. They will be taking part in the ¡Vamos! Festival with two performances. On Friday 11 July the […]
July 2008
String Quartet No 1 ‘Montes’12 July 2008 at 1930Momenta String Quartet¡Vamos! FestivalKing’s HallNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne String Quartet No 1 ‘Montes’11 July 2008Momenta String Quartet¡Vamos! FestivalNorthern StageNewcastle upon Tyne
Première of String Quartet No. 1, ‘Montes’, in Philadelphia
Miranda Cuckson (violin), Stephanie Griffin (viola), me (composer), Joanne Lin (cello), Annaliesa Place (violin). In the first image, said with Mrs Marcela Montes, widow of the painter Fernando Montes.It happened last 28 November in Rock Hall Auditorium at Temple University. The performers were the Momenta Quartet, a group for whom […]
January 2008
String Quartet No. 1 ‘Montes’Jane Gordon, Adrian Charlesworth, violinsSara Jones, violaJennifer Morsches, cello17 January 2008 at 1930Bolívar HallLondon This performance is part of a celebration of the life and work of Fernando Montes, coinciding with the first anniversary of his death.
5 August 2007
After the best part of another day toiling fruitlessly, finally towards the evening I found a way out of the deadlock in ‘Music and Land’. It doesn’t yet feel like a breakthrough, but the relief to see the music flowing again is no bad feeling. Fluffy the Bouvier showed a […]
4 August 2007
I’ve hit a dead end at bar 135 of ‘Music and Land’, the second movement of the string quartet. I’ve been trying one solution after another since K went on tour three days ago, but nothing I come up with seems to provide a suitable continuation from this point, which […]
New work: String Quartet No 1 ‘Montes’
Llojeta by Fernando Montes (photograph by Vince Harris, reproduced by permission) This project is a collaboration with the Momenta String Quartet of New York, who will be performing the new piece at the Rock Hall Auditorium, Temple University, Philadelphia, on 28 November. The title is a homage to the Bolivian […]