composer
Richard Sims werd geboren in Engeland op 3 mei 1961. Sinds 1990 woont en werkt hij in Nederland.
Opleiding
Van 1970 tot 1985 kreeg hij privéles van Susan Brandt (cello) en van ...
related works
Quintessence : for chamber choir, 1998 / Richard Sims
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK4
Four fantasies : for violin and piano (also percussion), 1981, revision 1983 / Peter Visser
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vl pf(perc)
Divertimento : voor 2 violen en piano, '56 / Hugo Godron
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
2vl pf
Sonata Nº 1 : for violin and piano / Hans Koch
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vn pf
composition
I can see the lines dissolving : for violin and piano, 1994 / Richard Sims
Description:
Program note (English): This is a piece about dissolution of structure. Just as a wax object will gradually lose its defining characteristics under the steady application of heat until only the essence remains so, in this work, the opening elaborate lines is transmuted into the raw material of which it is constructed. One is reminded perhaps of the eternal dichotomy between form and content, the philosophy of Plato or the uncovering by a skilled sculptor of the form implicit in a piece of stone. - Richard Sims