Tim Parkinson
An Album
Five typically matter-of-fact (but also very beautiful) chamber works by one of the UK’s most under-rated composers.
piano piece
piano piece (2006)Starting from nothing except the idea of the sound of the instrument, and the possibility of anything.From this starting point, then tracing a path through this limitless field of constant possibility.Focusing on the present. Every moment in the piece as a beginning. piano piece (2007)To work, for a period of time, until that work and time is over.Working, and the resultant work itself, as a means of knowledge, an instrument of exploration; which is therefore always beyond ones…
cello piece
I like that which is the extremely refined sound of a note made by an instrument. I find the sound of a note to be a very extraordinary, elusive and indefinable experience. I like the sound of one note next to another, or at the same time as another. The decisions to be made, from all the myriad array of sounds of notes, from all the potential possibilites of how to present and experience these sounds, is what draws me into the process which results in the making of a piece. I wrote cello piec…