Benedict Mason

The six short movements of this quartet can be described as follows, but are not necessarily played in this order: 1) A fast, scherzo-like mechanism of terraced accelerandos, 2) Quiet heterophony - co...

Quoting Mason: This work was conceived as a 'travelogue' in five parts played without break, although the boundaries between these five 'areas' are not always precisely definable. The first part, Pera...

The score is also available CH60985

The work is for soprano with a large ensemble comprising two horns, violins, percussionists, and keyboard players, and one each flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, viola, cello, and dou...