Couplet for solo violin consists of very different two movements. The first one is relatively calm and lyrical and composed with particular intervals. By contrast, the second movement is rather modal but aggressive and wild in terms of the musical character within a fast tempo. The piece was born out of the fruitful collaboration with the violinist Alexandra Wood.

It was also conceived as a seed of my recent large scale piece Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. As musical siblings, those pieces share pitch materials and musical characters.

__Commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with financial assistance from
Arts Council England and supporters of BCMG at Home and individuals through BCMG's
Sound Investment Scheme._
Samantha Bird
Michael & Sandra Squires
Christoph & Marion Trestler

First performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
with Alexandra Wood as soloist on 26 June 2020 on digital platforms.