Double Act, for 6 antique cymbals, double bassoon, piano, harp, double bass, Score

Double Act has been commissioned by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for Ensemble 10:10 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first concert of the ensemble. Funds towards the commission have been provided by the Liverpool Culture Company. To someone who has always felt an attraction to numbers in the creation of musical language and structure, the opportunity of writing a piece for the tenth anniversary of that first concert at 10:10pm on the tenth day of the tenth month has a certain appeal. So it is that the piece falls into ten sections, and the harmonic organisation is underpinned by 10 note chords, which are most clearly audible towards the end of the work. Beyond this, however, the piece focuses upon pairs of instruments. The leading protagonists, piano and cello, are frequently heard in duet or dialogue