Scottish Music Centre

Catalogue Item

w16960

TitleMettre de L'ambiance 3
Contributors Derek Ball (composer)
Composition date2007
Duration (mins)0
Categorychamber quartet string
Instrumentation2 Vn Va Vc
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First performed
NotesFor Tom Prentice
Programme NoteThis is my third attempt to write a piece called "Mettre de l'ambiance". the phrase means "to liven things up", while the music itself is "ambient", which of course does the opposite. In fact "Mettre de l'ambiance 2" was subtitled "Mettre de l'ambiance endormie', a logical paradox and a further twist to an already convoluted screw.



The piece is a gift to Tom Prentice, the viola player's thinking man's viola player.
This work is associated with the following collection items:

  • score [cb31053] [unpublished] ref library More details
  • score [cb32620] [unpublished] hard disk (sibelius file) More details