Solo Viola & Flute, Clarinet in B-flat, Two Violins, Cello and Harp

SKU: ST.Y244

Composed by Rhian Samuel. Chamber music. Solo Viola and Flute, Clarinet in B flat, Two Violins, Cello and Harp. Score and parts. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #Y244. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.Y244).

ISBN 9790220222214.

Comm issioned by Mobius for its tenth anniversary project, and first performed by them at the Wigmore Hall on 22 March 2008, Emerging (lightly) is a showcase for solo viola, flute, clarinet, harp, two violins and cello. The music is fleet and light, concerned with the developing relationship between two contrasting ideas that is mediated by the solo instrument. Writing in The Times, Richard Morrison praised Emerging (lightly) for its musical argument: 'Here the viola was the still centre of a quicksilver polyphonic whirl, before intoning a haunting folk-like tune over an oasis of calm G major. The impression was of a serene character quelling fractious colleagues. Intriguing and stimulating ...'.