componist
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 ...
gerelateerde werken
Quintessence : for chamber choir, 1998 / Richard Sims
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor
Bezetting:
GK4
Five easy pieces : for string quartet, 1953-1996 / Maarten Bon
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc
Fun-House Mirror : for string quartet / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc
String Quartet Nº 2 / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vln vla vc
compositie
Bubble chamber : for string quartet, 2000 / Richard Sims
Toelichting:
Program note (English): To explore the internal structure of paradoxically named "fundamental particles" physicists bombard them with other particles at very high energy. They then observe the reaction products made visible to the eye by the trails they leave in a special low density bubble chamber. What is revealed is sometimes both simple and elegant suggesting that the universe is very similar both on very large and very small scales but not, perhaps, in between. On the human scale the universe can be both complex and baffling as is the case with the ground plan of the Hagia Sofia mosque in Istanbul. What would Bach have made of it all I wonder? - Richard Sims