• The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

    2004 | 25 mins | for violin, cello, bass clarinet, and piano, or, violin, viola, cello, and piano

    1. The Black Hole Terrace

    2. The Snail Mound

    3. Soliton Gates

    4. The Nonsense

    5. Quark Walk

    6. Two Ways to Paradise

    7. Jumping Bridge

    8. The Garden of the Six Senses

    9. The Symmetry Break Terrace

    10. Octagonia

    11. The Snake Mound

    “The Garden of Cosmic Speculation feels timeless – at once prehistoric and futuristic. And despite being inspired by intellectual rigour, the atmosphere is peaceful, even playful." The Times

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    Commissioned by the Gemini Ensemble and based on Charles Jencks’ garden in Scotland. First performance 9th March 2005 at the Guildford International Music Festival. Jencks’ garden and Stephen Goss’ music were featured on an edition of The South Bank Show, broadcast on ITV1 on 3rd April 2005. Recorded on The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (CACD0604© 2006). Published by Doberman-Yppan © 2015.