Description
Ryers Down
Composed by Karl Jenkins
For Flute and Piano
Published by Boosey and Hawkes
Duration: ca. 5 minutes
Includes score and flute part
Written for the flautist Emma Halnan, winner of The Arts Club – Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award 2016
This work was first performed on 17 May 2016 at 1901 Arts Club, London, by Emma Halnan (flute) and Daniel King Smith (piano)
Composer's Note:
For the first ten years of this century, I lived and composed on the Gower Peninsula, an area of sandy beaches and dramatic cliff scenery with coastal caves; the first area in the UK to be officially designated as one of outstanding natural beauty. Living in an old mill alongside the Bury Pill stream, I wrote from a stable block, enjoying a vista across Cheriton Valley and the river to Ryers Down. This work is a musical reflection of time spent there. – KJ