Daylight Savings (Hopper)
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Tabby Hopper is a composer, violinist, and pianist from London. She is in her second year studying music at Merton College, Oxford University and is in the composition group ‘Brickworks’. Most recently, she has written for the Oxford University String Ensemble; has had a piece workshopped by the Oxford University Sinfonietta; and has had a chamber music feature in the Holywell Music Room; as well as organising and performing in multiple of her own chamber pieces. She is most interested in late romantic and early twentieth century music, but also draws on folk and film score influences.
“Daylight Savings” is the first work written specifically for the Dogoda Quintet. The composer writes of it: “‘Daylight Savings’ is a wind quintet that is meant to embody the warmth and light of a sunrise. I thought it also had quite a heroic feel, hence the ‘Savings’ part of the title. The piece was not written to try to push contemporary compositional boundaries, but rather just be a fun piece to play and listen to.”
