Martin says:

I remember hearing this in Huddersfield years back and it leaving such a strong impression. The use of a battery of violins (the only multiple-instrument section in the ensemble) to create the lush string sound and join this piece to the world of a romantic piano concerto slow movement – it's a sonority that you very rarely hear in contemporary mid-sized ensemble pieces because it needs the multiple players. The whole concerto is great, but I find this movement to be so subtle, strange and elusive in its mournful lyricism it's wonderful just on its own as well.

[from larrygoves.wordpress.com]

Larry Goves is a British composer and artist based in Manchester and Rossendale (UK). His work has been presented, performed, about broadcast around the world by numerous groups and musicians including the London Sinfonietta, the Nash Ensemble, The London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, The Britten Sinfonia, Psappha, The Solem String Quartet, The Argonaut Ensemble (Australia), The Hallé, BIT20 (Norway), 175 East (New Zealand), L’Instant Donné (France), Divertimento Ensemble (Italy), Oliver Coates, Kathryn Williams, Tom McKinney, Carl Raven, and many others all over the UK and abroad.

His music has been released on NMC, Dutton, Prima Facie, Slip, Nonclassical, Prah, LSO Live, and on the London Sinfonietta’s Label. As an installation artist he has presented work at the Aldeburgh Festival, the Tatton Park Biennial, The Science Museum (London), and the Wellcome Institute.

An experienced curator, he was the co-curator of Manchester’s New Music North West, curated experimental concert series Decontamination at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), and is the director of ensemble The House of Bedlam.

He is a Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers recipient, has been shortlisted for an RPS Award, and is a former recipient of a Jerwood-Aldeburgh Opera Writing Fellowship with regular collaborator writer Matthew Welton.

He was the composition tutor for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for ten years and is the former composer in residence for Royal Holloway, University of London. He currently devises and delivers the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme course Composition, Alternative Performance, and Performance Art and is the Head of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music.