Psappha conducted by Nicholas Kok Recorded live at St. Ann's Church in Manchester on 21st November 2007
Programme note let-down erosion is made up of two sections of music - one a clarinet line supported by the rest of the ensemble and the other dominated by an unaccompanied clarinet line - and then wrings these two things together like you might twist up a wet cloth. The music changes in short sections by being distorted, cut up and pulled apart until what emerges at the end is a distorted superimposition of the two initial ideas. Larry Goves
About the composer Larry Goves has had music commissioned/performed by The Nash Ensemble, the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Philharmonic, The Hallé, Psappha, the Continuum Ensemble, 175 East and many others. His music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, released on the NMC and Dutton labels and performed abroad as well as extensively in the UK. He is on the SPNM’s shortlist and is currently on the London Sinfonietta’s blue touch paper scheme. He teaches composition at the Royal Northern College of Music and is a research student at Southampton University studying with Michael Finnissy.