| String Quartet #1 White
Man Sleeps (Score) Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle [Sheet music] Chester
Born in South Africa, but now an Irish citizen, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has ...(+)
Born in South Africa, but now an Irish citizen, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of experiences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to South Africa to study traditional music, his own involvement with the New Simplicity movement, his collection of contemporary art and African textiles, friendships with composers like Morton Feldman and Gerald Barry, as well as a love of virtuoso piano music which he performs, broadcasts and records. While having an easily recognised, unique voice, Volans' music resists compartmentalisation. He is as comfortable working in conventional genres as embarking on innovative collaborations with artists of other disciplines.String Quartet #1 (White Man Sleeps) was written for the Kronos Quartet and was first performed by them in July 1986, London.The title 'White Man Sleeps' comes from a moment in nyanga Panpipe music where the performers leave off playing their loud pipes for a few cycles and dance only to the sound of their ankle rattles, to let the white landowner sleep - for a minute or two.'In composing this piece I drew from the following sources: the first movement owes something to the style of Basotho concertina music - the second and fourth movements are drawn from traditional Nyungwe music played by Makina Chirenje and his Nyanga panpipe group at Nsava, Tete, Mozambique, recorded and transcribed by Andrew Tracey (to be found in an article entitled 'The nyanga Panpipe dance' in African Music, Vol.5, #1 (1971) - the third movement derives from the San bow music (recorded by Tony Traill of the University of Witwatersrand) and from Basotho lesiba music, transcribed by myself - in the fifth movement I added my own invented folklore. My approach to the original music was anything but purist - it is played in Western tuning, filtered, slowed down by a few 'time-octaves?, cast into non-African metres (like the 13-beat pattern of the first dance) and redistributed between the players in several ways. I also used interlocking techniques where they were absent in the original models and vice versa' - Kevin VolansDuration 24 minutes. Parts available: CH61205. / Quatuor A Cordes (Conducteur)
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| Epitaphs Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle Bote and Bock
Dense movement structures dialogizing in pairs and a darkened overall sound are ...(+)
Dense movement structures dialogizing in pairs and a darkened overall sound are what Mozart, Schubert and Brahms already thought to be fascinating in the genre of string quartet. Following this tradition, the composer and violist Brett Dean created 'Epitaphs', an homage to five recently departed colleagues and friends to each of whom is dedicated one movement of the 20-minute work. It was premiered at the Cheltenham Festival 2010 by Dean and the Australian String Quartet. / Quatuor A Cordes
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| Nathaniel Stookey: String
Quartet No. 2 (Mus?e
M?canique): String
Quartet: Score Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle Associated
String Quartet No. 2 (MusÚe MÚcanique) was commissioned by the Ciompi Qu...(+)
String Quartet No. 2 (MusÚe MÚcanique) was commissioned by the Ciompi Quartet for their series at Duke University with funds from Meet the Composer. The first performances were given on April 25 and 26 2002. The Ciompi also helped in the preparation of this edition and have recorded both String Quartet No. 1 and String Quartet No. 2 for Albany Records (Troy 717). The second string quartet is dedicated with enormous admiration and gratitude to my friends Eric Pritchard Hsiao-Mei Ku Jonathan Bagg and Fred Raimi of the Ciompi Quartet.
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| Johann Nepomuk Hummel:
Quartet in G Op. 30 No.
2: String Quartet: Parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle [Partition] S J Music
This String Quartet has some technical difficulties particularly for the first ...(+)
This String Quartet has some technical difficulties particularly for the first violinist but the musical result is worth the effort and players familiar with Beethoven's quartets will enjoy playing it. It is one of three Hummel opus 30 quartets published by SJ Music. All three are classical in style and pleasurable to listen to and play and many would say that they have been unjustly neglected. Johann Nepomuk Hummel was a Hungarian pianist conductor and composer born in Pozsony (now Bratislava) in 1778. He died in Weimar in 1837. Mozart heard him play aged seven in Vienna and was so impressed that he offered him lessons and took him to live with him for the next two years.As an adult in Vienna he became good friends with Beethoven.
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| John McCabe: String
Quartet No.7 - Summer
Eves: String Quartet:
Score Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle [Partition] Novello & Co Ltd.
Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Limited with fund...(+)
Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Limited with funds provided by the Arts Council of Wales for premiere in August 2012 by the Carducci String Quartet in St. Andrew?s Church Presteigne.Composer's Note'Some years ago I noted down the opening theme of what I anticipated would be a relatively Classical string quartet ?Classical? in the sense of the forms adopted plus perhaps a predominantly lyrical tone of voice. The commission for this work from the Presteigne Festival for their 30th anniversary in 2012 gave me the opportunity of putting into practice this long-held idea. It isdedicated to the Festival and to the Carducci Quartet whose career as much-admired friends and colleagues I have greatly enjoyed.The only break with ?classical? tradition is that there are five movements instead of four with two Scherzi as the second and third though both these are very short and contrasting. I found myself listening to Haydn?s string quartets a lot before and during the composition of this work and I hope the spirit of his delight in writing for this medium is echoed in my own music. The opening movement is in sonata form unusually for me and lyricism is I hope the basis of it though there is a good deal of activity at times. The Scherzo light and marked by frequently-changing rhythms is followed by an equally short but ferocious Perpetuum mobile marked Wild und rasch (one of my favourite German tempo markings). The fourth movement is an intense Adagio in which a single phrase uttered strongly in unison is gradually transformed into gentle diatonic chords before the close intermingled with cadenzas for cello for viola and for the two violins together. The finale (a Rondo) resumes the classical tone of the first movement but apart from one dance-like episode it builds up a fair head of steam towards a final Presto which however ascends slows and quietens towards a gentle summer sky at dusk.'
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| Herbert Howells: String
Quartet No.3 (In
Gloucestershire): String
Quartet: Score Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle Novello & Co Ltd.
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) was an English composer and teacher perhaps best kn...(+)
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) was an English composer and teacher perhaps best known for his choral music in the Anglican tradition. His String Quartet No.3 (In Gloucestershire) has a somewhat chequered history: originally finished in 1916 the only copy of the score was left on a train and lost forever! In the 1920s Howells rewrote the work incorporating the themes he could remember from the original but large sections of it had to be created from scratch. Howells was unable to serve in the Great War due to ill health and this quartet provides a fascinating insight into how he reacted to the turmoil and aftermathof the conflict. The title suggests it was inspired by the Cotswold landscape of which he was fond; this is indeed the case but it is haunted by the memories of departed friends with whom the landscape had once been shared.
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| Song Recollections:
String Quartet: Score and
Parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle Schott
for string quartet-Song Recollections is based on the beautiful folk music of Ta...(+)
for string quartet-Song Recollections is based on the beautiful folk music of Taiwanese aboriginal tribes which I fell in love with many years ago. My good friends from Taiwan introduced these songs to me when I was a college student. I was and still am amazed by this magical music! My quartet treats each song as a musical ‘landscape’ through which one can ‘travel’. To compose a work is very much like curating a journey for a listener to traverse through the song’s inner terrain and sonic landscape. Lei Liang
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| Johann Nepomuk Hummel:
Quartet in C Op. 30 No.
1: String Quartet: Parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle [Partition] S J Music
This String Quartet has some technical difficulties particularly for the first ...(+)
This String Quartet has some technical difficulties particularly for the first violinist but the musical result is worth the effort and players familiar with Beethoven's quartets will enjoy playing it. It is one of three Hummel opus 30 quartets published by SJ Music. All three are classical in style and pleasurable to listen to and play and many would say that they have been unjustly neglected. Johann Nepomuk Hummel was a Hungarian pianist conductor and composer born in Pozsony (now Bratislava) in 1778. He died in Weimar in 1837. Mozart heard him play aged seven in Vienna and was so impressed that he offered him lessons and took him to live with him for the next two years.As an adult in Vienna he became good friends with Beethoven.
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| David Blake: Searching
The Skies: String
Quartet: Parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle [Partition] University Of York Music Press
For unison children's voices and strings (or with Piano).Published in 1994.Six p...(+)
For unison children's voices and strings (or with Piano).Published in 1994.Six poems of Jessica George (1984-94)First performance by Jessica's friends St Olave's Church York on 22nd October1994.String Quartet Parts.
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| John McCabe: String
Quartet No.7 - Summer
Eves (Parts): String
Quartet: Parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle [Partition] Novello & Co Ltd.
Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Limited with fund...(+)
Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Limited with funds provided by the Arts Council of Wales for premiere in August 2012 by the Carducci String Quartet in St. Andrew?s Church Presteigne.Composer's Note.'Some years ago I noted down the opening theme of what I anticipated would be a relatively Classical string quartet ?Classical? in the sense of the forms adopted plus perhaps a predominantly lyrical tone of voice. The commission for this work from the Presteigne Festival for their 30th anniversary in 2012 gave me the opportunity of putting into practice this long-held idea. It isdedicated to the Festival and to the Carducci Quartet whose career as much-admired friends and colleagues I have greatly enjoyed.The only break with ?classical? tradition is that there are five movements instead of four with two Scherzi as the second and third though both these are very short and contrasting. I found myself listening to Haydn?s string quartets a lot before and during the composition of this work and I hope the spirit of his delight in writing for this medium is echoed in my own music. The opening movement is in sonata form unusually for me and lyricism is I hope the basis of it though there is a good deal of activity at times. The Scherzo light and marked by frequently-changing rhythms is followed by an equally short but ferocious Perpetuum mobile marked Wild und rasch (one of my favourite German tempo markings). The fourth movement is an intense Adagio in which a single phrase uttered strongly in unison is gradually transformed into gentle diatonic chords before the close intermingled with cadenzas for cello for viola and for the two violins together. The finale (a Rondo) resumes the classical tone of the first movement but apart from one dance-like episode it builds up a fair head of steam towards a final Presto which however ascends slows and quietens towards a gentle summer sky at dusk.'
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| Bright Sheng: String
Quartet No. 3: String
Quartet: Score and Parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle Schirmer
Score and Parts-Sheng's 'String Quartet No.3' was inspired by the memory of a Ti...(+)
Score and Parts-Sheng's 'String Quartet No.3' was inspired by the memory of a Tibetan folk dance seen in Chinhai the border province between China and Tibet. The dance began with freely rhythmic folk singing and segued into a very rhythmic dancethrough which the singing continued. The structure is loosely based on this memory though the pieces is not an attempt to recreate the scene. The work develops towards the final larghetto section an elegy to friends ofthe composed who sadly passed away shortly before this piece was written.
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| Johann Nepomuk Hummel:
Quartet in E flat Op. 30
No. 3: String Quartet:
Parts Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons,
alto, violoncelle [Partition] S J Music
This String Quartet has some technical difficulties particularly for the first ...(+)
This String Quartet has some technical difficulties particularly for the first violinist but the musical result is worth the effort and players familiar with Beethoven's quartets will enjoy playing it. It is one of three Hummel opus 30 quartets published by SJ Music. All three are classical in style and pleasurable to listen to and play and many would say that they have been unjustly neglected. Johann Nepomuk Hummel was a Hungarian pianist conductor and composer born in Pozsony (now Bratislava) in 1778. He died in Weimar in 1837. Mozart heard him play aged seven in Vienna and was so impressed that he offered him lessons and took him to live with him for the next two years.As an adult in Vienna he became good friends with Beethoven.
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