Concerning King . Commissioned for the Arditti String Quartet by The Ultima Festival, Oslo, with funding from Det Norske Komponistfond, and with additional support from the ISCM Festival Stuttgart. It was premiered by the Arditti String Quartet on 15 July 2006 in the Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, during the ISCM Festival. The Norwegian premiere was given on 4 October in Lindemansalen, the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, during the Ultima Festival in October 2006.