Stephen Goss Seurats Bathers, from Wynwood Walls (2023) Guitar and String Quartet

Performers: Asaka Quartet, Francisco Correa Guitar PROGRAM: Seurats Bathers From Wynwood Walls (2023), by Stephen Goss Guitar: Phillip Woodfield 2023 Strings: D Addario EJ46FF Audio by Matthew Wadsworth Video by Michael Addlesse Francisco Correa Seurats Bathers from Wynwood Walls (2023), by Stephen Goss Wynwood Walls, for guitar and string quartet, draws on 9 artworks which lend their titles to the 9 connected sections of the quintet. In performance, the artworks can be projected onto a screen behind the ensemble. The movements are organised in pairs, circling out from a still centre. The two sections that bookend the piece are Bathers at Asnières, which suggests Seurats iconic painting, and Seurats Bathers which evokes Howard Hodgkins colourful reworking of the Seurat. Wynwood Walls was commissioned for Mesut Özgen by the Mi