Double Act has been commissioned by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for Ensemble 10:10 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first concert of the ensemble. Funds towards the commission have been provided by the Liverpool Culture Company. To someone who has always felt an attraction to numbers in the creation of musical language and structure, the opportunity of writing a piece for the tenth anniversary of that first concert at 10:10pm on the tenth day of the tenth month has a certain appeal...