In March 2010 I took part in an inspirational exchange project involving staff and students from the Royal Academy of Music and the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, led by Peter Sheppard Skærved and Michael Alec Rose. When I was in Nashville I began to collaborate with the pianist Zubin Kanga and developed some material for the ‘inside’ of the piano, including the use of an e-bow to activate individual pitches. Sketches for piano and string trio were experimented with during a series of workshops, and I then developed this material into a new work for string quartet and piano to be performed by Zubin and the Kreutzer Quartet, who recorded the piece in April 2011. The recording can be heard HERE. The subtitle of the piece is taken from an area of salt marsh near to my home town of Spalding in Lincolnshire. It is possible that this is where King John lost the crown jewels shortly before his death in 1216. Catalogue>>Piano Quintet: Fosdyke Wash