These are the start of a ‘Book Two’ of violin études, after my first four.
5 – This is why violinists practise scales: descending scales cascade down the instrument in an indistinct blur, moving upwards while travelling down, bits of the scales gradually falling off.
6 – Two, three, four-note chords descending in a baroque lament. Towards the end, things get a bit slidey.
Instrumentation:
solo violin
Duration:
5 mins
Performances:
24 Sep 2022
Darragh Morgan
Watchtower Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK
3 Feb 2022
Darragh Morgan
London Sinfonietta YouTube live event, King’s Place, London, UK
1 Feb 2022 (No. 6 only)
Darragh Morgan
Chapel Royal, Brighton, UK
6 Dec 2021
Darragh Morgan
London Sinfonietta private event, King’s Place, London, UK
World premiere