Pieces of Eight

Chilver, Paul

Duration

3m 00s

Composed

1997

Instrumentation

Chamber

Scoring

fl, ob, cl, hn, bn, vn, va, vc

Availability

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About the work

The five short, and sometimes very short, movements in this piece, use different combinations of the instruments in the group. The movements are greatly contrasting in style.

Technical notes

The five movements, of very different durations, use different combinations of instruments, Many of the movements are of great rhythmic complexity.