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This ten-minute long atmospheric piece for strings was inspired by the awesome Soviet war memorial (sowjetisches Ehrenmal) in Treptow park in east Berlin. Click the following link to listen to a complete recording:
 Treptow for String Orchestra [7.7MB]
(if the music doesn't start, right-click the link and select
"Save Target As...)"
There are two versions of Treptow - one for string orchestra, and one for string quartet. The string orchestra version won the 2005 Emre Araci composition prize, and
toured Scotland's Western Isles with the Edinburgh University String Orchestra. The first performance was given on 29th April 2005, conducted by James Lowe.
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Both versions of Treptow (for string orchestra and string quartet) appear in an attractive new volume published by Europa Edition Ltd, Edinburgh, priced at £8.99. Performance materials are available to hire from the publisher. Please click here for the publisher's website.
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A 'demo' recording has since been made by the Rose Street Ensemble, conducted by Richard Lewis (link above).
The first performance of Treptow for string quartet was given by the Edinburgh Quartet on 7th March 2006.
Click here to read the original programme note, and here to peruse a sample of the score of the string orchestra version.
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