Three short movements: the opening section contrasts fragmentary ideas with slower melodic lines. The second section is a type of Scherzo and the piece ends with a beautifully moving lament inspired by a line from Frederico Garcia Lorca’s Llanto por Ignacio Sanchez Mejias.
Recorded by Hebrides Ensemble on Lyell Cresswell: Anake and other works (NMC Recordings)