Tendrils is a continuous movement of undulating lines. Although the piece seems to unfold, the impulse was lyrical and experimental. The first task was to compose the process.

[iv-07] [reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press]

Tendrils was composed for the Smith Quartet. It was commissioned jointly by the BBC and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF).

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)