Icicle

Photograph © H. Spenceley, Pirhuk – Greenland Mountain Guides (Greenland expedition 2016)
Violin, Helen Kruger; viola, Virginia Slater; keyed glockenspiel, Bill Carslake

Written to raise the profile of the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for The Singing Glacier. For violin, viola and glockenspiel (keyed or normal). There is an additional performance option for this piece: after the second time through, it can be repeated ad libitum and, each time, more notes are omitted, at the players’ discretion. PDF perusal score €10; hire parts €20 per set per performance, plus postage, with rates negotiable if being repeated on tour.


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