World premiere of Tracing at Wigmore Hall
- James Joslin
- Oct 1
- 1 min read
Tracing, a new duo for violin and piano commissioned by Fenella Humphreys with support from The Fidelio Charitable Trust, Vaughan Williams Foundation and Wigmore Hall, will premiere at Wigmore Hall on 16 October with Fenella and Martin Roscoe.
The piece developed from an image Fenella in her head: a painting by her artist father which she had always loved as a child. However, on trying to find the original painting, she drew a blank. None of the family knew where it was, so Fenella started to trawl her memory for the image, sending Sally descriptions and even her own pencil sketches to try and conjure up the beloved picture. But every time she tried to get close to the memory it disappeared further…
The idea of memory has fed into the music, as well as Fenella’s descriptions of the painting: a winter night scene, with a gnarled tree, a moon, a church – possibly clouds.
The premiere forms part of Fenella's opening concert as Artist in Residence at Wigmore Hall.