David Knotts - Composer, Pianist, Conductor

Composer, Pianist, Conductor

Golden Threads Silver Strings

Text: David Knotts (taken from the accounts of Huguenot refugees)

Instrumentation: Narrator, Soprano solo, Children’s voices with tuned and un-tuned school percussion, Flute, Oboe and Harp.

Duration: 20’

First Performance: June 2003, Wilton’s Music Hall, Carole Irvine, Julian West and Patrizia Meier with pupils from Canon Barnet Primary School, conducted by the composer.

Commissioned By: Spitalfields Festival