KSS99 Il tessuto d’arabeschi for flute and string quartet

Piece details

  • Written for: Chamber Ensemble
  • Instruments: Flute/string quartet
  • Date composed: 1979
  • Dedicatee: Frederick Delius
  • Approximate duration (minutes): 16
  • Manuscript pages: 32
  • Manuscript location: Private collection

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

  • Critical edition (full score) (Marc-André Roberge), A3L. 60 pages.
    Price: £18 (paper), £15 (pdf)
    Right-click to download high resolution sample page: PDF PNG

  • Critical edition (score and parts) (Marc-André Roberge), A3L. 128 pages.
    Price: £35 (paper), £20 (pdf)

  • Manuscript, A3L. 32 pages.
    Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
    Right-click to download high resolution sample page: PDF PNG

Recordings

  • Sharon Bezaly (flute), Wild Beautiful Ensemble (orchestra), Chappell Kingsland (conductor),
    BIS Records BIS-CD-2683 (July 2024)
    Track 2 (16:08)

Performances

  • 02/05/1982 Deborah Carter (flute), Jonathan Beiler (violin), Davyd Booth (violin), Sidney Curtiss (viola), Gloria Johns (cello), William Smith (conductor)
    Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia PA, USA
    Delius Society
  • 11/06/2011 Simon Berry (flute), David Lin (violin), Hung-yin Cho (violin), Adrianna Smith (viola), Andrew Wilhelm (cello)
    Central Recital Hall, Rocky Ridge Music Center, Rocky Ridge, CO, USA
    Young Artist Recital Series, Rocky Ridge Music Festival
  • 12/06/2011 Simon Berry (flute), David Lin (violin), Hung-yin Cho (violin), Adrianna Smith (viola), Andrew Wilhelm (cello)
    Central Recital Hall, Rocky Ridge Music Center, Rocky Ridge, CO, USA
    Young Artist Recital Series, Rocky Ridge Music Festival
  • 11/03/2023 Catherine Flinchum (flute), Ronnie Crisp (violin), Olasuyi Ige (violin), Josquin Larsen (viola), Kevin McFarland (cello), Chappell Kingsland (conductor)
    Central Presbyterian Church, Denver CO, USA
    Into the Spotlight: Composers of Color

Broadcasts etc.

  • 25/08/1982 Deborah Carter (flute), Jonathan Beiler (violin), Davyd Booth (violin), Sidney Curtiss (viola), Gloria Johns (cello), William Smith (conductor)
    WUHY (later WHYY) (radio), Philadelphia PA, USA [broadcast of recording]
    90th birthday tribute
  • 26/07/1988 Deborah Carter (flute), Jonathan Beiler (violin), Davyd Booth (violin), Sidney Curtiss (viola), Gloria Johns (cello), William Smith (conductor) [extract]
    Cleveland Lodge (home of Lady Susi Jeans), Dorking, UK [recording]
    Organists’ Summer School: Illustrated Lecture
  • 24/02/1989 Deborah Carter (flute), Jonathan Beiler (violin), Davyd Booth (violin), Sidney Curtiss (viola), Gloria Johns (cello), William Smith (conductor)
    NOS (Nederlandse Omroeprogramma Stichting), Hilversum, Netherlands [broadcast]
  • 27/02/1991 Deborah Carter (flute), Jonathan Beiler (violin), Davyd Booth (violin), Sidney Curtiss (viola), Gloria Johns (cello), William Smith (conductor) [extract]
    Lecture Room A, Music Faculty, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK [recording]
    Oxford University Contemporary Music Group, Illustrated Lecture (Alistair Hinton)
  • 23/03/1996 Deborah Carter (flute), Jonathan Beiler (violin), Davyd Booth (violin), Sidney Curtiss (viola), Gloria Johns (cello), William Smith (conductor)
    Concert Hall, University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales [recording]
    “Towards the Millennium” Conference: Lecture by Brian Inglis