In White

for chamber ensemble

2018 | 4′

1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.0 – pno. vib. – 1.1.1.1.1

Commissioned and premiered by the University of Birmingham New Music Ensemble
Recorded by Ensemble 412

In White was written in response to J. A. M. Whistler’s Symphony in White, No. 3, which hangs in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham. The music takes its cue from the reclining languor of the painting, and from the subtle variations and textures within its different shades of white.