... an engaging solo piano work by Oliver Knussen that draws the listener into its hazy texture and present fleeting moments of tension and release that make for compelling if nonspecific narrative. A...
'Prayer Bell Sketch' was commissioned by Ms. Masako Okamura and Mr. Motoyuki Nakagawa in memory of Toru Takemitsu. Here is the 'prayer Bell Sketch' for the solo piano.
The wish to compose something for Barry Tuckwell had been somewhere at the back of my mind for almost as long as I can remember. Hence, when I received an invitation form the Suntory Foundation to wri...
... fresh as paint in its firing of a melodic line that just goes on in a kind of angular strain, shuttled from one instrumental colouring to another. Paul Griffiths, The Times, 12 February 1991 Instr...
... a stunning palette of orchestral colour which transforms the 16th-century material without abusing its essential character. Michael John White, The Independent, 1 April 1988 Instrumentation: 2(I=p...
The three frammenti, whose text consists solely of the word chiara sung in a variety of languages depict St Clare being wafted to church by Angels.
Study for 'Metamorphosis' for solo bassoon was composed by Oliver Knussen in the early 1970s but was withdrawn and later revised by the composer in 2018. Two earlier versions of the piece exist: an in...
