This piece is part of a series of labyrinth pieces I’ve been working on recently, which ask the players to find a route through a series of paths in a melodic line. In looking forwards, looking backwards, the violin and piano are asked to navigate to particular points in the line and wait for each other there, before continuing to the next point. Sometimes the routes are straightforward, but at other times more complex and take longer to follow. The title relates to the planning needed by the players to work out their movement, and also to the fact this is a birthday present for Penny Norton to play with her daughter Anna, and the sense that birthdays give as moments of recollection and anticipation.
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