Deviations
Deviations Op 88
String Octet 18'
Commissioned by The Goldberg Ensemble
First performance under the direction of Malcolm Layfield at the Goldberg Contemporary String Music Festival held in Manchester, Wolverhampton & Leeds March 2001.
Recording
Audio Samples:
1. Chasing Mistress Ford
2. Before the Reckoning
3. A Matrimonial Conundrum
1. Chasing Mistress Ford
2. Before the Reckoning
3. A Matrimonial Conundrum
Signalling a long-awaited return to chamber music for Patterson, With Deviations can be viewed as a musical exploration of the racier manifestations of love, with each of the three movements alluding to a well-known operatic character in whose life love and seduction play a prominent role. No prizes will be awarded for guessing the first movement's personage, and as far as the music's character is concerned the title is self-explanatory. The nocturnal second movement might be interpreted as a quiet moment in the life of a well-known Mediterranean lover prior to his comeuppance. As for the finale, the action could be said to revolve around a certain hairdresser from Southern Spain!
Note by Paul Pellay
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