blind bells, cry out

(2016) 

drones and choruses for eight instruments

  • CHROMA Ensemble - Stuart King (clarinet); Helen Storey (bassoon); Richard Bayliss (horn); Daniel Pioro (violin); Charlotte Bonneton (violin); David Aspin (viola); Zoë Martlew (cello); Elena Hull (double bass); Mark Bowden (cond.) - at Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway University of London on Friday 18th March, 2016

  • cl / bsn / hn / str (1.1.1.1.1)

  • 9’30”

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for CHROMA First Performance: Friday 18th March, 2016 at Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway University of London Stuart King (clarinet), Helen Storey (bassoon), Richard Bayliss (horn), Daniel Pioro (violin), Charlotte Bonneton (violin), David Aspin (viola), Zoë Martlew (cello), Elena Hull (double bass), Mark Bowden (conductor) FOREWORD chorus and drones for eight instruments 'WINTER TRAVELS' who’s typing on the void too many stories they’re twelve stones hitting the clockface twelve swans flying out of winter tongues in the night describe gleams of light blind bells cry out for someone absent entering the room you see that jester’s entered winter leaving behind flame Bei Dao Translated by David Hinton with Yanbing Chen