A wonderfully composed work that is deceptively simple in its chamber construction but in reality vibrant, playful and complex. Hepplewhite was able to create on just four instruments colourful orchestral sounds; conveying the feel of the different scenes in an exquisite and witty way.

Violin, Saxophone, Trumpet, Piano
Duration 12 mins

Commissioned by Counterpoise
First performance: Kings Place, London (November 2013)

"In a concert exploring construction and disintegration each of the works was a transformation of music and visuals. Urban Abstract by Russell Hepplewhite managed to combine elements of both circularity and driving forwards to an inevitable future. Urban Abstract is a celebration of architecture, present, past and future accompanying a film, part pictures of buildings, part anime. Utilising the whole ensemble, the musical interaction of Curves and Angles contrasted with the poetic Elegy for demolished buildings of rare beauty, and with the final movement - the forward looking Urban Abstract." Planet Hugill