String Quartet (Parts)

SKU: HL.14041957

Parts. Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. Composed 2006. Chester Music #CH68519. Published by Chester Music (HL.14041957).

This work was inspired by a keyboard piece of the same name, A Sad Paven for these Distracted Tymes by Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656). Tomkins had a long association with Worcester Cathedral, where he was organist - appointed magister choristarum in 1596 - and lived within the precincts until shortly before his death. At the same time, he was organist of the Chapel Royal. When the city of Worcester surrendered to Cromwell's parliamentary forces in 1646, Tomkins had to watch the hasty dismantling of his cathedral organ and the abolition of all choral services. These were the 'distracted tymes' of the 'sad paven' which he wrote in enforced retirement at Worcester. Parts. Score also available (14037561).

String Quartet (Score)

SKU: HL.14008409

Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Book Only. Composed 1999. Chester Music #CH55681. Published by Chester Music (HL.14008409).

This is - so far - the earliest composition by Davies to be available for performance, and mighty interesting it is. Written while he was still a young student, it provides a candid glimpse of the thing that concerned him: how music could be both forward-moving in the classical Western sense (this is, after all, a piece for a wholly conventional medium) and repetitive in the manner of the Indian and medieval music in which he was interested. What results is a singular machine geared to an intermittent ostinato in the first violin. This movement for string quartet was first performed by the Arditti Quartet in May 1983, as part of the 40th Anniversary Gala concert of the Society for the Promotion of New Music at the Barbican Hall, London. Score (miniature). Duration c. 5mins.

String Quartet (Score)

SKU: HL.14023666

Composed by Michael Nyman. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Score. Composed 1993. 48 pages. Chester Music #CH60851. Published by Chester Music (HL.14023666).

ISBN 9780711932791. 9.0x12.0x0.153 inches.

String Quartet No.2 was commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh as a solo dance work: Miniatures. It was first performed by her with the Balanescu Quartet on 15 September 1988, London. Duration 22 minutes. Instrumental parts are available on sale.

String Quartet

SKU: HL.14014071

Score. Composed by Haflidi Hallgrimsson. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Score. Composed 2002. Chester Music #CH60122. Published by Chester Music (HL.14014071).

ISBN 9780711929579.

Scor e edition of Hallgrimsson String Quartet No. 2. Parts are also available on sale: SOS15466.

String Quartet (String Quartet)

SKU: HL.14020978

Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. Composed 2005. 40 pages. Chester Music #CH66594. Published by Chester Music (HL.14020978).

ISBN 9781844498802. 5.5x7.5x0.147 inches.

The second of the Quartets commissioned by the Naxos label was completed in January 2003. This work swings between nervous virtuosic energy to the serene calm of an extended Lento, with exotic harmonies reminiscent of Bartok, and is characterised by it's sharp and unpredictable contrasts. First performed by the Maggini Quartet on 11 July 2003 at the Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, as part of the Cheltenham International Festival. This is the score in a pocket-size format. The set of parts is available, catalogue number CH66594-01.

String Quartet

SKU: HL.14043127

Composed by John Tavener. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. Chester Music #CH61745. Published by Chester Music (HL.14043127).

8.25x12.0x0.068 inches.

Ikon of Joy/Sorrow is for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello. Composed in 1999, when Tavener was around 55 years old, this short 2 minute long piece was premiered by the Brodsky Quartet.

String Quartet (Score & Parts)

SKU: HL.14047957

Score and Parts. Composed by Gabriel Prokofiev. Music Sales America. Classical, Contemporary. Set. Composed 2016. Chester Music #CH84777. Published by Chester Music (HL.14047957).

8.5x11.75 inches.

String Quartet No.2 is a work by Gabriel Prokofiev for String Quartet, commissioned by The Elysian Quartet with support from the PRS for Music Foundation. The work lasts around 17 minutes. This is the Full Score and Parts .

String Quartet

SKU: HL.14035182

Gathering (Score). Composed by Kevin Volans. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. Composed 1993. 40 pages. Chester Music #CH60972. Published by Chester Music (HL.14035182).

ISBN 9780711967311. 9.0x12.0x0.14 inches.

String Quartet No.2 Hunting: Gathering was commissioned by Doris and Myron Beigler and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the Kronos Quartet. It was first performed by them in December 1987, San Francisco. Duration 24 minutes. Parts available: CH61330.

String Quartet

SKU: HL.14015287

Composed by Simon Holt. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. Composed 2002. 24 pages. Chester Music #CH62854. Published by Chester Music (HL.14015287).

ISBN 9781844491360. 7.0x10.0x0.114 inches.

This is part 2 of the cycle 'A Ribbon Of Time', composed for the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Chamber-scale Composition 2002.