The Strawberry Thief (2010)
The Strawberry Thief (2010)
5′
fl, cl (or 2 fl)
Commissioned through Arcomis by Celia Rhodes for the wedding of her daughter Catherine.
Score is available to purchase here.
PROGRAMME NOTE
The Strawberry Thief is inspired by William Morris’s textile design of the same name, currently housed in the V&A Museum in London. Morris’s textile takes as its subject the thrushes that Morris found stealing fruit in his kitchen garden of his countryside home, Kelmscott Manor, in Oxfordshire. I have always admired much of what the Arts and Crafts Movement stood for, and especially liked the work of Morris and this particular print. When commissioned to write a work for flute and clarinet duet for a wedding, the subject matter of the print seemed to fit the brief: two competing voices, coming in and out of focus before finally settling into a sense of harmony.
PAC