Walker's The Stone King (2005) is an intriguing work in which the composer explores the process of changing from one state to another, using the medium of the orchestra. The composer refers to the epigraph of the same name as providing an outline for the narrative of the work: "The Stone King takes, The Stone King breaks, The Stone King makes," Tralee cried-O.
Since the late 1980s the English composer Robin Walker has lived in the rural north of England, dedicating himself to composition and seeking to engage in his work with the long-term processes of symphonic music and the collective spirit of folk music.
