Edward Longstaff is a British composer, born in 1965.
"Welcome to my website. 2016 was largely taken up with work on one piece, 'Sator Arepo', which was commissioned by conductor George Vass for the Bushey Symphony Orchestra to celebrate his 60th birthday. 'Sator Arepo' is a sixteen minute piece for a classically sized orchestra and received its premier performance on Sunday March 5th 2017 in the Constance Pilkington Hall of the Purcell School in Bushey.
The piece is the product of two obsessions: musical symmetry and prime numbers. As you can see from the image, ‘sator’ and ‘arepo’ are the first two words in a magic square. The square itself dates from Roman times and there are several surviving examples similar to this one. To read more about 'Sator Arepo', please open the file below. Otherwise...
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P.S. Please take a look at a new clip of Chaconne Brass playing part of the 2nd movement of the Symphony that I wrote for them.
"Welcome to my website. 2016 was largely taken up with work on one piece, 'Sator Arepo', which was commissioned by conductor George Vass for the Bushey Symphony Orchestra to celebrate his 60th birthday. 'Sator Arepo' is a sixteen minute piece for a classically sized orchestra and received its premier performance on Sunday March 5th 2017 in the Constance Pilkington Hall of the Purcell School in Bushey.
The piece is the product of two obsessions: musical symmetry and prime numbers. As you can see from the image, ‘sator’ and ‘arepo’ are the first two words in a magic square. The square itself dates from Roman times and there are several surviving examples similar to this one. To read more about 'Sator Arepo', please open the file below. Otherwise...
Please enter..."
P.S. Please take a look at a new clip of Chaconne Brass playing part of the 2nd movement of the Symphony that I wrote for them.
Photo: Richard Kaby
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Edward Longstaff | Composer