Oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello - Difficult SKU: OU.9780193390768
Composed by Michael Berkeley. Mixed Ensemble. Score and parts. 64 pages. Duration 18'. Oxford University Press #9780193390768. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193390768). ISBN 9780193390768. 12 x 8 inches.
While writing this quintet Berkeley had in mind the paintings of John Craxton and Mark Rothko, and the way in which paint can vibrate as colours collide. The piece opens with the oboe intoning three notes, and at pivotal moments in the music this lachrymose motif imposes itself, though in varied permutations.
