In 1989 the composer Graham Waterhouse was a cellist of the orchestra of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, conducted by Sergiu Celibidache.

The quintet in one movement of about 16 minutes is in sonata form, framed by a slow introduction which reappears toward the end.

[2] The performers were Katharina Kutnewsky, Daniel Nodel, Anja Traub, Gunter Pretzel and Graham Waterhouse.

On 5 October 2003 the Quintet was performed in a composer portrait concert in the Kleiner Konzertsaal of the Gasteig, Munich.

Ulrich Biersack played piccolo, Lyndon Watts bassoon, the string quartet for both works was formed by Odette Couch, Kirsty Hilton, Isabel Charisius and the composer.