SKU: HL.50601299

8.25x11.75x0.126 inches.

“In diesem Augenblick” (In This Moment) is the first work for string quartet by the Chinese composer Yang Lin, born in Beijing in 1982. The work was given its world premiere in November 2010 by the Amaryllis Quartet at the Laeizshalle in Hamburg. “In diesem Augenblick” is concerned with the brief moment between two events, comparable with the interval between two steps whilst walking: “This brief moment, this motion in detail that one does not usually notice, has been given a great deal of attention. But it does not mean that this moment stops. There remains a contradictory moment that remembers the tensions and vibrations of the past an, at the same time, awaits the peace of the future.” (Yang Lin).

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SKU: CF.CY3256

ISBN 9780825881947. UPC: 798408081942. 8.5x11 inches.

Reviewers, trying to find a label for Godfrey's music, will compare him to Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, even Barber, using words such as lyrical, lush, and always tonal and melodic. 2004 saw the release of an all-Godfrey CD, including String Quartet No. 2, by the Cassatt String Quartet, an album that the New Yorker hailed as one of the 10 best of that year. Formerly available only on a rental basis, String Quartet No. 2 is now available for sale. Real sensual warmth, with a touch of the sensibility of Schoenberg's Transfigured Nightà These very touching works are completely tonal and basically pick up from the point where music was derailed some four score years ago... It is remarkable that music like this is being written, recorded, and widely celebrated. Robert Reilly, Surprised by Beauty: A Listener's Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music (Ignatius Press).

De Haske's best-selling Pops for String Quartet series offers excellent arrangements for intermediate string quartets who want to bring some classic pop to their performances.Have you ever played Queen with your string quartet? Now you can treat the audience to music from this iconic band.

Onder de naam Pops for String Quartet heeft de Haske een nieuwe serie ontwikkeld voor strijkkwartetten die zich eens buiten het klassieke pad willen begeven. Een collectie van uitstekende arrangementen in gemiddelde moeilijkheidsgraad!Brian May (gitarist van Queen) : Killer Queen was the turning point. It was the song that best summed up our kind of music, and a big hit, and we desperately needed it as a mark of something successful happeningfor us... I was always very happy with this song. Maak uw publiek en uzelf ook blij met deze uitgave!

Unter dem Titel Pops for String Quartet hat De Haske eine Notenreihe ins Leben gerufen, die Streichquartette, die sich einmal abseits der ausgetretenen klassischen Pfade bewegen wollen, mit ausgezeichneten Arrangements im leichten bis mittleren Schwierigkeitsgrad versorgt.Haben Sie schon einmal Queen im Streichquartett gespielt? Mit dieser Ausgabe können Sie sich (und Ihrem Publikum) dieses Vergnügen gönnen!

La collection Killer Queen pour Quatuor Cordes.

Pops for String Quartet: una collana per tutti i violinisti desiderosi di suonare qualcosa di diverso dal repertorio classico.Avete gi suonato un brano dei Queen con un quartetto di archi? Un brano che delizier sia voi sia chi vi ascolta!

SKU: BR.EB-9243

ISBN 9790004185438. 9 x 12 inches.

It was the practice of Khoomii (throat singing) - following several workshops with Michael Ormiston - that first attracted me to Tuvan music. Composing this Songbook, the first in a series commissioned by the Ligeti Quartet, I took the chance to reflect on compositional questions around transcription and arrangement of existing music, and frequently found myself asking: where is the boundary between the source material and the new substance? Of course the relationship varies from piece to piece, and moment to moment: sometimes we seem to glimpse the pure source, but most of the time there are differing degrees of distance, working towards or away from it. This new version for string orchestra corresponds closely to the original quartet version, with an additional part for double basses.The traditional Tuvan songs that I have transcribed and recomposed are all known to me from the Ay Kherel CD The Music of Tuva: Throat Singing and Instruments from Central Asia (2004, Arc Music). According to the notes from that CD, this is what the songs are about:1. Dyngylday: If you have come on a horse in blue, it doesn't mean that you are the best. My heart tells me something else: my sweetheart doesn't have such a beautiful horse, but he is my darling.An alternative interpretation from Alash Ensemble (alashensemble.com): The word dyngylday is a nonsense term with no translation. The song makes good-humored fun of somebody for being a good-for-nothing.2. Eki Attar (The Best Steeds): The horse is the basis of our life. It is a magic creature. Even its step is full of music and rhythm. You may not be a horse rider, but when you hear this song you will always remember horses.3. Kuda Yry: This wedding song glorifies the strength of the groom and the beauty of his Horse.4. Ezir-Kara ('Black Eagle'): This was the name of a horse, who became a legend through his remarkable strength and speed.It is not just overtones that abound here: there are galloping rhythms aplenty, and though I am no horse rider I tried to keep the horses galloping in my imagination while composing these pieces.Christian Mason (with quotes from Ay Kherel and Alash Ensemble)

World premiere of the original version: London/UK, May 10, 2016, World premiere of the string orchestra version: Clermont-Ferrand/France, October 8, 2020.