For Piano Quartet. By Aaron Jay Kernis. G. Schirmer String Ensemble. Size 9x12 inches. 72 pages. Published by Associated Music Publishers, Inc.

Chamber Music Violin, Viola, cello, Piano

SKU: PR.14440587S

Composed by Steven Stucky. Premiered by Opus One, Music from Angel Fire, NM. Contemporary. Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2012. 44 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40587S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.14440587S).

UPC: 680160616497. 9x12 inches.

As composer-in-residence at the Music from Angel Fire festival in New Mexico, Stucky was commissioned for a new chamber work, Rain Shadow, written for Opus One. For inspiration, Stucky looked to the incredible works of Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. Much of the piece underscores contrasts between the piano and the violin, viola, and cello, with the strings working largely as a unit, frequently intoning their unpredictable harmonies in homophonic rhythms... Rain Shadow is big on clarity, easy to follow, and attractive to the ear, even letting loose (near the end) a big ol' Romantic theme that wouldn't be out of place in a cinematic epic set in outer space. (James M. Keller, Listen Up, Santa Fe New Mexican).