Denis ApIvor, who died at the age of 88 on 27 May 2004, was one of the most versatile composers of his generation. Just over a month before his death, though gravely ill, he attended a New Music Brighton concert at Brighton Unitarian Church featuring the world première of his Second and Third String Quartets, given by the Kingfisher Quartet. His presence lent a special significance to the event and the image of the ailing composer, his wheelchair stationed directly at the feet of the players, experiencing the first readings of his own works is one that resonates in the memory.