SKU: ST.Y232

ISBN 9790220221750.

With Copper Ribbons, Silver Threads is one of a pair of virtuoso harpsichord pieces by Rhian Samuel, and the two may be programmed together or performed as separate recital items. The music of Silver Threads is the restless pursuit of a single idea through fleet textures, dividing an unbroken line of melody between the hands and manuals throughout the register of the instrument.

SKU: ST.Y231

ISBN 9790220221767.

Written for harpsichordist Jane Chapman, and clearly inspired by her virtuosity, Copper Ribbons is a fantasy-movement of throbbing tremolandi and scrunchy arpeggiated chords that both support and intrude upon a recitative-like 'line' of elusive, questioning melody. Exploiting the instruments rich variety of tone colours with a Debussian passion for texture and timbre, the composer here creates a miniature tone-poem, which sustains to its closing bars a sense of mystery and suggestion. The work may stand alone, or as a pair with its companion-piece Silver Threads, which should precede it.