About the work

The piece was inspired by a Kandinsky painting, ‘Jazz’, and so returns from the visiaul image to music.

First Performance: London Chamber Group, St George in The East, London, July 1999

Technical notes

Frequent changes of metre, and so good ensemble will be needed, but also a good deal of rhythmic unison

Origin

Call for Pieces Entry: Gemini, CoMA Summer School 1997