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Evocations was commissioned by the Brodowski String Quartet and first performed by them at the Basingstoke Arts Festival in November 2012.

It is dedicated to my mother-in-law, Rosalind Kelly, who was in the last stages of terminal cancer at the time of its first performance.

The piece is a reflection upon memory and an attempt in part to express its evanescence… the sound of rain on a tin roof that entrances a small child… the limbo of a cold autumnal day… the memory of travel in far-away places… just a few of the sensations this piece seeks to evoke.

In November 2014, I recorded Evocations at Angel Studios with:

• Janice Graham – Violin 1
• Steve Morris – Violin 2
• Philip Dukes – Viola
• Josephine Knight – Cello